Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ What Do You Want? ❯ Chapter one ( Chapter 1 )

Peneia Teke: Ahh! The start of another story. What fun!

Kaiba: ….. Or not.

PT: Oh, quiet you. You have a big part in this.

Kaiba: I have a big part in all your stories.

PT: That's because I like you! I have to give you big parts!

Kaiba: …….

PT: (clears throat) Anyway, as you probably know, this is a Seto/Tea fic that I started on a whim, and it'll probably only have two or three chapters. Ok, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh and never will, so stop asking me!

Kaiba's Thoughts

"" someone talking

~ Chapter One ~

"Hey Kaiba, wanna go to the arcade with us after school?"

"No."

"Are you sure?"

There was a roll of eyes and then the figure spoke. "Listen Yugi, we aren't `friends' and we never will be got it? So, I'd appreciate it if you'd leave me alone." He shook his head in annoyance and left the room, glaring at anyone who dared to step in his path. Yugi watched him go for a moment, and then pushed back his chair and stood up.

"Yuge, why do you always do it?"

Yugi glanced sideways at the tall blonde adjacent from him who was also standing, stretching his aching limbs from having to sit all day in classes. "Do what, Joey?"

"Ya know," the blonde boy continued, "ask Kaiba if he wants ta hang wid us all the time. I mean, the guy's about as screwed up as you can get."

Yugi heaved a sigh of defeat and turned his head back in the direction Kaiba had gone. The tall CEO was no longer in sight. "Yeah, I know Joey, but that's why I try to be nice to him. All he does when he's not at school is work in his office. He doesn't have any real friends. I just feel sorry for him."

"So, ya only do it outta pity?" Joey grinned.

Yugi shrugged. "I guess so."

The blonde began to chuckle. "Boy, what I wouldn't give to see the look on `ole Moneybag's face if he'd heard you say that, Yuge. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Joey," Yugi warned, "It's not funny. And besides, I didn't mean it like that."

"I know Yugi, I was jus' playin'," Joey said, trying to hide the grin that wanted to spread across his face. "It's jus' that, Kaiba HATES getting sympathy-especially from you."

"Yeah," the small boy admitted. "I just wish he'd open up to other people, besides his little brother I mean. Not us necessarily, but it can't be healthy to be so…."

"Antisocial," Joey finished for him. Yugi just nodded and smiled sadly. "Listen Yugi, if Kaiba's eva really wanted someone ta talk to, you've given him plenty of chances." Joey said, "There's nothin' more you can do, pal." He shrugged his shoulders carelessly but after seeing the look on Yugi's face he added, "I dunno, maybe he'll come around yet. Ya jus' neva know wid da guy."

"I guess," Yugi said doubtfully. He gathered his books in his arms and walked slowly towards the door. The final bell had already rung, dismissing school for the day.

"Aw come on, Bud," Joey smiled, "You're thinkin' too much about this whole Kaiba thing. Let's get ta our lockers, so we can meet Tea and the guys (Tristan, Duke, and Ryou) outside like we promised."

~ Kaiba's POV ~

Uh, I can't believe Yugi had the nerve to ask me to hang out with them-again. What's with that kid? Ever since the end of Battle City he's been trying to get me to be friends with him and his little fan club. Ha! That's a laugh. As if I'd ever `hang out' with morons like Wheeler and his lackey, Tristan. I swear they try to think up ways to embarrass themselves.

Not that the others are much better. Devlin has an annoying habit of always stating the obvious at just the wrong time; Valentine…. well, I won't even get into her; the dog's sister, Serenity, is incredibly naïve and way too dependent on her brother. Bakura has a weird obsession with his ring and a split personality issue.

Yugi of course is a total push over and way too friendly. Plus, he's been getting on my nerves a lot over the last couple days. Not to mention he's the one duelist who's ever-beaten me.

Gardner is the only halfway normal one in the group, but her attitude drives me insane. She's far too nosy for her own good and puts everyone to sleep with her little friendship speeches. Feh. What a pathetic concept. The only way to get something done is to do it yourself. `Friends' will just hold you back.

None of them are worthy of my time.

As I left the room, I could hear Wheeler asking Yugi why he bothered trying to be nice to me. Pathetic mutt. I don't think he's come to realize how loud his voice is or how far it carries. Heh. I don't think he realizes just how incredibly dumb he is either.

I was almost intrigued enough to stay and listen to Yugi's answer; almost being the key word.

I made it to my locker in record time as the dismissal bell was ringing. Yeah, so I left class a little early. Who really gives a shit? It's not like I need to be here in the first place. It's mostly just a big waste of my time. The only thing enjoyable about it is watching Wheeler's face contort in anger as I whisper insults to him during class. Call me a bastard, but there's just something satisfying about mocking him when he can only sit there and growl like the dog he's proven himself to be. Of course, Gardner butts in once in a while. She glares at me (if you can really call it that) and tells me I should be nice to Joey because he's her friend. Dumb bitch. What's he being her friend got to do with anything?

I growled and slammed my fist into my locker when the combination failed to work. Stupid useless things. They always refuse to open when you're going to be late to class, or if you're in a hurry to get out of the building. Especially if it's a Friday, which was what today was. I was looking forward to spending some time with Mokuba and maybe starting the new project I'd been planning, but of course, all that's hard to do if you're stuck at school with a locker that won't open. Note to self: sue the company who provided this school with locks.

I was just pulling my arm back to give it a piece of my mind when I felt a light tap on my shoulder. I spun around to glare at whoever had interrupted me and noticed Gardner with a small smile on her lips. "What do you want?" I growled in annoyance.

"Having problems?" she asked innocently. As if she really cared that my locker wouldn't open.

"What's it to you?" I asked with more force. I really wasn't in the mood to deal with her and her people, especially after what happened last night.

-Flashback (Normal POV)-

Kaiba glanced down at his laptop, typing quickly in hopes of finishing the report for his latest advancement in the duel disk system. He was trying to create a smaller version of the one he'd used in his Battle City tournament. A cool breeze picked up, blowing his chocolate colored hair in his face, and he paused for a moment to brush it away. He'd been having a hard time focusing and decided he needed a change of scenery, so he'd ended up bringing his laptop to the park. It was growing dark now, and realized that he'd been sitting at the same picnic bench for almost four hours; Mokuba was probably wondering where he was. Kaiba smiled at the thought of his younger raven haired brother. He was the sole reason for his being; the inspiration Kaiba had to face the world each day.

The two brothers had spent many hardships together but had always been able to help each other pull through. Kaiba thought back to when he'd found Mokuba in Maximillion Pegasus' dungeon. He could still remember the way the little boy's face lit up as he exclaimed "Big brother! You're here! You're here!" Then his thoughts darkened as he remembered how helpless he'd felt when he could do nothing to rescue his little brother.

Kaiba shook his head groggily to chase the thoughts away. That's in the past, he chided himself, Mokuba's safe and that's all that matters. He sighed and went back to his work, but no sooner had he began typing again when he heard the faint sound of someone running. He glanced up and caught the silhouette of a figure racing passed him, toward the bridge that overlooked Domino River. The figure ran under a park lamp and the light illuminated her features. Kaiba narrowed his steely blue eyes in recognition. It was Tea Gardner; one of Yugi Motou's little friends. She had her head bent down and appeared to be upset about something.

Tea ran blindly toward the railing of the bridge and practically threw her body toward it, reaching out with her hands to stop herself before she crashed into it. She leaned far over the bars and gazed down into the calming blue water as tears streamed down her face and distorted her reflection with ring droplets. Finally, unable to keep a cry from erupting, she buried her face in her arms and began sobbing uncontrollably.

Kaiba watched the scene with his head cocked slightly in amusement. He had never seen Tea Gardner cry, and it gave him some sort of sick satisfaction to know he wasn't the only one with problems.

After putting his laptop away, Kaiba sighed and casually walked toward the general direction of the bridge. He felt as if he was moving in slow motion and asked himself what exactly he intended to do. He scoffed at the thought of taking time out of his schedule to associate himself with a friend of Yugi's. The girl's problems weren't any of his concern. Mokuba's characteristics must be rubbing off on me, he finally decided.

Kaiba walked up and leaned on the railing next to her, waiting impatiently for her to realize he was there. When she didn't look up, Kaiba rolled his eyes and sighed loudly. Tea's head jerked up, and she glared at him furiously. "What do you want?" she snapped with more force than she'd intended.

Kaiba scowled at her and growled, "I couldn't concentrate on my work with all the noise you were making, Gardner. Don't you have any decency?"

"Not towards you," she growled back. Then she turned her back on him and gazed down again at the cool, dark water.

"So," Kaiba continued, ignoring her last comment, "what's gotten you so upset that you had to disturb every civilized being within a twenty mile radius with your bemoaning?"

Tea answered him without turning around, "One: I wasn't crying, and two: why would you care anyway?"

"One: you could have fooled me, and two: I don't `care', but I might as well find out the reason for my lost train of thought, which is, of course, your fault," Kaiba mocked sarcastically.

"And why would I ever tell you any of my problems?" Tea shot back.

Kaiba narrowed his eyes coldly and spun on his heel. "Whatever. Do what you'd like," he snapped. Then, without a backward glance at Tea, he picked up his brief case and strode angrily in the opposite direction.

He found himself fuming at the brown haired girl and had to take a deep breath to calm his nerves. What was it about her that always put him into these foul moods? Was it the fact that she was one of the few people who actually dared to stand up to him? God! All he'd done was ask her a simple question. Was it that much of a deal that she had to get all worked up like that?

He'd never understand women-ever; they're minds were a mystery. Kaiba smirked, grateful for having a little brother and not a sister.

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After he'd blown off his steam (or at least all that he could afford) he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and called his driver to pick him up. He wasn't in the mood for walking home at this point. He stopped at a corner by a street lamp to wait for his driver to arrive. He sighed in frustration and leaned up against the post while the fluorescent lighting illuminated his features, making him appear worn and tired.

When his driver finally arrived, Kaiba climbed inside and ordered his driver to head back to the mansion. He turned his head and gazed at the passing landscape through the window. After a few minutes the driver, whether by coincidence or something else, passed by the bridge that he'd met Tea on. Kaiba narrowed his eyes as he saw a silhouette of the girl still standing by the railing, looking down at the water. Then he snapped his eyes away in disgust and preceded to stare straight ahead for the remainder of the ride.

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"Big Brother!" Kaiba glanced down in time to see a mop of shaggy black attach itself to his legs.

Kaiba smiled fondly at his ten year old brother and bent down to give him a hug. "Hey kiddo."

"Where were you, Seto?" the young boy asked, gazing up at Kaiba with shimmering, curious blue eyes.

Kaiba frowned slightly, "Nowhere."

Mokuba opened his mouth as if to say something, thought better of it, and shut it again. Then he cocked his head at his brother and shrugged. "Well, ok." There was a pause. "Are you going to eat something, Seto? It's almost eight thirty."

He turned away from Mokuba abruptly and said, "No. I have a lot of work to do, Mokuba."

The little boy watched Kaiba head up the stairs to his room/office with worried eyes. It wasn't good for his brother to work himself so hard all the time.

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An hour later Kaiba found that he once again couldn't concentrate on his work. An image of Tea's miserable face popped into his head, and he couldn't seem to block it out. He frowned deeply, causing wrinkles to blemish his perfectly smooth skin. Then he growled in annoyance. Damn his conscious. He thought he'd gotten rid of it years ago, but apparently it still lingered, waiting to strike when he least expected.

Finally he did something that he would have laughed at the thought of earlier in the day. He picked up the phone and dialed Tea's number. After a few rings, a tired sounding woman answered, "Hello?"

"Is Tea Gardner available?" he rambled off emotionlessly.

The woman, startled by his deep, raspy voice, hesitated before asking, "Are you a friend of hers?"

Kaiba growled quietly in frustration. "Is Gar-is Tea available or not?" he demanded impatiently.

"Uh yeah, hang on a moment while I go find her," the woman spoke hurriedly.

Kaiba mentally rolled his eyes and waited until Tea picked up and answered in her perky voice that he detested so much, "Hello?"

"Gardner."

"Kaiba." Her voice immediately changed to match the coldness in his tone. "What do you want?"

"To clear my damn conscience," he replied and hung up without waiting for her response. He leaned back in his chair and smirked in satisfaction. He'd done what he'd set out to do. Tea was home and obviously back to her normal bitchy self.

On the other end, Tea eyed the phone suspiciously for a moment as if it could answer her unasked questions and hung up her phone in confusion. What was that about? Even for a conversation with Kaiba, it'd been extremely weird. She sat down on her bed and chuckled to herself. She never knew Kaiba had a conscience.

-End Flashback (Kaiba's POV)-

Before I could turn back to my `problem', she had pushed nosily passed me and was furiously spinning the combination with her small delicate hands. She had it open before I even realized what she was doing and turned back to me with a grin before skipping off to join her friends who had accumulated at the entrance. I watched her movements with mild fascination as she chatted animatedly with Yugi, not sparing me a second glance, before shaking my head and gathering the books I'd need for the weekend. I smirked to myself as I realized that I may have a new stalker. I still don't know how she knew my combination.

After glancing at her once more, I grabbed my briefcase and headed off toward the north side of school where my chauffer would be waiting.

I strode down the hall and shoved through a group of students, who were stretched across the entire length of the hallway. On normal circumstances I try to make as little social interaction as humanly possible even though most people scatter when I walk by, so it's not very hard, but there was no way to avoid these morons. One boy I pushed aside had the nerve to kick out at me and yell, "Keep walking, Kaiba!" God, now that I think about it he sounded a lot like Wheeler. I heard the distinct sound of gasps from the other bystanders before total silence fell over us. I froze in mid stride and turned slowly on the balls of my feet. Then I caught the kid's eye and gave him my `I'm-really-pissed-so-f***-off-if-you-know-what's-good-for-you' glare. He seemed to melt before me and got all fidgety.

"I would watch where you put your foot next time," I growled, "or you may very well find a law suit on your hands."

I smirked as I turned on my heel and strode down the remaining length of the hallway. Maybe I should write a book on how to deal with imbecilic morons. I'll call it: The Kaiba Way. Hehe. Bet'd make millions; not that I need it.

I pushed open the large steel doors and squinted as sunlight beat down on me. I glanced around for my ride and groaned in frustration at my turn of luck. Yugi and the Geek Squad; just who I don't want to run into-again. Running into Tea was bad enough in itself.

"Hey, Kaiba," Yugi greeted me with his innocent smile.

Uh. It can't be natural to be that perky all the time.

"Yugi."

"Last chance to hang out with us."

"Yuge, why're ya-oaff! I mean….uh yeah. Hang out wid us, Kaiba………"

In your dreams you sniveling wannabe. "Heh. Thanks for the offer, but I'm afraid I have to decline. I'd rather do just about anything else than hang out with the likes of you. Like stick needles through my eye for instance."

"Well, that's a big surprise………"

"Joey," the tone was a soft warning.

"What?"

A new voice began speaking. "Come on, Kaiba. Can't you drop the act for just a few hours and partake in the activities of a normal teenager for once?"

Ooh, Gardner's expanded her vocabulary. "I don't `act'."

"You know what I mean. Striding around like you're so much better than everyone else and that the world revolves around you."

"Like I said; I don't act."

I watched in amusement as Gardner raised her hands above her head and sighed in defeat, "Just forget it."

God, she's hot when she's angry.

I growled in annoyance as the thought flitted into my head, but I didn't try to deny it. I may be a cold hearted jerk as so many have informed me, but I'm still a guy, and I'm not gay.

"What kind of activities would you have me partake in?" I asked to Gardner's retreating back. She whirled around and looked up at me in surprise as did Yugi, Wheeler, Tristan, and Bakura, clearly expecting any answer than that. I didn't bother to hide my smirk.

"Uh….going to the arcade, or mall, or maybe the movies……" she named the activities off on her fingers, looking me directly in the eye as she spoke.

I put a finger to my chin, pretending to think. "Hmm……sounds interesting."

"Really?" There was genuine surprise in her tone and she looked almost hopeful…..or maybe that was just my imagination.

"No." The looks on all their faces were priceless, and I chuckled to myself as I pushed passed them. "Oh, and don't forget you owe me for last night, Gardner," I added over my shoulder.

"What?" she asked thoroughly confused.

"I couldn't get any work done because of you." I stopped and smirked at her. "Of course, I'm always willing to accept compensation." I deliberately allowed my eyes to roam over her body.

Her mouth dropped, and she narrowed her eyes angrily, "Why you chauvinist pig! I swear when I get my hands on you-"

"Getting a bit ahead of ourselves, aren't we?" I interrupted smugly. "I know you can't resist me, but you've got to learn to control those urges." The rest of the guys were glancing back and forth between us in amazement, all except Yugi who seemed slightly worried and Wheeler who just looked pissed.

"Kaiba!" she shrieked, "You're soo dead!" She lunged at me but Wheeler and Taylor stopped her before she got very far.

"I'm sure," I replied with a grin. Chuckling under my breath, I made it to the limo without further interruptions and slid into the back seat. "Home," I ordered my chauffer once I was comfortably situated in the limo. He nodded and we drove off without further conversation.

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PT: Just a note: I like all the characters I have Kaiba make fun of in this story, but please realize that it's him speaking for most of this chapter and not me. I'm just trying to portray him as he would act in the show. I hope you liked the first chapter, and please leave a review when you're done. It'd be most greatly appreciated. Oh, and remember, this story's only going to be two or three chapters long, so yeah.