Warning: I know, again......But this time is shorter, ok??! So huh....I think the characters are acting _too_ OOC*sweatdrop* Sorry about that, but I'm not good at keeping people IC.....So, if you have some suggestion, plz tell me!! Oh, and there's some(a lot?) of Anzu bashing because she's the bad guy (girl?) in this story....So Anzu fan, plz dun kill me...*pray* The rest of warning is on the prologue, so check it out plz^^
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own YGO nor MeteoGarden, if I did, I would be rich *maniac laugh* Yeah!! Money Money!!!$_$
Leon: What's wrong with her Hawkie??
Hawkie: I dunno her......*sweatdrop*
Me: *cough*This time the warning and disclaimer are shorter, happy??? BTW, a big thanks to my beta-reader, Ozark+Loon and my co-writer, Infinity!!^^
"..........." Speaking
'..........' Thinking
Flashback
Domino University, one of the best and biggest schools in Japan, only those who could pay the price could go to that school, which meant only rich people could go there. Of course, there were exceptions, some of them were normal or poor who attended this university too, if they had enough money or if they were intelligent enough to let the school paid for them.
It was a normal day in Domino University, high class people rode limousines, low class students rode motorcycles, bicycles or worse, they walked. The only thing they had in common was the fact that they had school. Jounouchi walked down the long road which is in front of the university. His adopted uncle died two years after Yami's leave, and most of his so-called friends left him one by one, only Bakura was loyal enough to stay and help him.
'I miss Yami,' thought the blond, 'Why did I think about him again..? After what he have done to me, I shouldn't trust him in the first place...'
His thought was cut short when someone sprayed him with water. "Oh sorry pauper, I just want to wash you a bit, you smell awful!"
Jou blinked; he knew too well this mocking voice. 'Great, Keith is just what I need.' He rolled his eyes, but didn't say a word.
"What's wrong wet dog? Shouldn't you apologize for wasting my precious time with you?" teased Keith, who got out of his car.
"Leave me alone, I don't have time for this." Jou tried to pass him without getting trouble, but it looked like Keith had other plans in his mind.
"Yeah, you need all the time you can get to seduce rich girls" baited the American, "...or boys, who knows if you're a gay or not." he added.
"Why you.....!" Jou launched on Keith, he knew he couldn't win against him, but he'd _never_ let someone insult him and got away that easily. Keith laughed, caught him within a second and kicked him hard on the stomach. Jou gasped, but before he could react, Keith gave him another punch, and another one, until someone caught his wrist.
"I think it's enough now." A new voice broke in, deep and rich.
" You should think for yourself before helping someone, don't you know who I....!!" the arrogant blondie suddenly stopped in his track when he saw who he was talking to.
"I'm...I am sorry about it sir, but he started it first, I..."
"I don't want to hear your pathetic excuse, now get out of my sight!"
When Keith was nowhere around, he asked, "Are you alright Jou?"
"I'm fine, th-- Yami?!" Jou stared. "Hi Jou," Yami said bitterly, "How are you?"
"Just fine, thanks to you." Jou said in the same tone, looking in the direction Keith had went.
"I'm sorry," whispered the tri-color haired teen, "I didn't mean to..."
"Didn't mean to what?" Jou turned to look into Yami's eyes steadily.
"I......" he shakes his head, "Look, the past is the past, can't you forget about it? I'm really sorry."
"I tried to forget about it. And I thought I did." Jou looked away again. "But I guess it didn't work."
".....Jou........"
"What?" He narrowed his eyes at Yami, trying not to let his hurt show. "Is that all you have to say?"
"Listen, I'm sorry about what happened to you after, I know I'm selfish, but can't you think about other people??!" Shouted Yami, angry that Jou didn't want to forgive him nor listen to him.
"What about you??! You don't even think, no scrap that, you never care about _my_ feelings! Do you know what it feels when your best friend disappears all the sudden without warning??" He took a deep breath before continue, "I thought we were friends...." His voice became soften, "why did you have to leave??"
Yami sighed, feeling guilty at the sight. "I didn't want to..... but I still consider you as my friend, Jou."
Jou looked at Yami indignantly. "Oh really? If you still think we're friends, then why didn't you at least say goodbye?" He didn't want to walk away until he knew. It was one of the things that had haunted him for all the years.
"My father..."
"Huh...?"
"It was my father's idea," He looked away, "he found out that we were friends without his permission..." He looked back, "I tried to run away, but he always found a way to take me back. But now, he doesn't have any right on me."
"It was... him?" Jou looked hurt, and a little angry. "What did I ever do to him? You didn't deserve that!"
"Jou, let's talk about this somewhere private, ok? Because everyone is watching us..."
"Right...." Jou finally noticed all the people staring at them, and nodded, blushing.
Not so far from there.....
"Did you see the new one?? He's so cute, just like his name!" a blue-haired girl giggled.
"He _is_ cuter in person!! Do you know that he's the CEO of the famous Motou Corporation??" Her friend asked.
"You mean the one that's on competition with Kaiba Corp.?? Wow, I didn't know he's _that_ important, maybe he'll have interest in me..." Her sentence was cut by a new arrival.
"Forget about it, girls" the brown-haired arrival said, "I'll be the one that he fall in love with."
"You shouldn't be overconfident about it, _miss_ Anzu, 'cause he'll never fell in love with an arrogant one like you!" She shouted at her.
"If _you're_ arrogant enough to think of _me_ that way, then you don't stand a chance with him." Anzu said sadistically, calm despite being insulted. And with that, she left.
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Anzu was jealous, jealous about him being friends with the famous Yami Motou, the prince of every girl's dreams. Well, not the only prince in their mind, but it was for her. She had been in love with him since the first time she saw him on TV, and she'd never let a mongrel like Jou win against her. 'I hate him!' She thought, 'Why could a beggar like him become friends with Motou?? That's not possible; he's cold with people, just like Kaiba...'
Yes, both of them were cold with people, but persons didn't know that was a mask they put on to push people away from them. Everyone said that Seto Kaiba was worst of them; Yami may be cold, but he only ignored others. As for Seto, he could toy with you and toss you away when he got bored. He was not interest in anything, except for things that he could gain benefits from.
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Seto walked down the hall, putting his books onto his other arm. He glanced at the clock on the wall to see what time it was, and didn't look until it was too late, colliding with Jou full force. His books and papers were laying all over the floor, and our favorite CEO was not happy about this.
"I'm sorry, are you alright?" Asked Jou, who tried to help him pick up his stuffs.
"Watch where you're going, dog." He slapped Jou's hand, "And don't touch my things with your dirty paws!"
"What?! I was only tried to help!" He flared.
"If I needed _your_ help, I'd ask for it, dog." Seto told him coldly.
"I'm NOT a dog!" Jou growled.
"You're even growling like a dog. Get away from my things." Seto started to pick up his books and papers.
"If YOU hadn't run into ME, I wouldn't be near your stupid things!"
"Are you trying to cross me?" Seto raised an eyebrow at him in surprise and disdain. "You have a lot of gut, puppy. Most others who try wish they'd never been born once I get through with them."
"You can't insult me just because you're rich!" Jou yelled at him, glaring.
"I can if I want." Seto smiled coldly at him. "And there isn't anything you can do to stop me."
"Why, you rich pig!!" He gripped his collar, and tried to punch him on his handsome face. But Seto caught his fist just in time, and pinned him hard against the wall.
"Don't try to fight with me, street punk, you'll never win. You should be happy that I'm in a hurry, or else...I can't guarantee if you'll still be alive." He whispered in his ear, and with that, he left.
"I hate that jerk...." He mumbled, glaring at the back of the CEO before heading straight for work.
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It was the first time Bakura saw him like this.
Since their work time begun, Jounouchi was grinning like an idiot, and it was not the normal forced smile he had to put on for greeting customers, but a real smile. Strangest of all, he was working hard today, and that didn't happen very often. He knew the blond teen was forced to work in order to maintain his life. If it wasn't for his financial situation, well, he doubted that he'd want to waste his time for it. The white-haired teen didn't hate the fact that Jou was acting odd, hell no, he would rather want it to stay like that forever. It just scared him, that Jou really was in the mood for work, but he was happy that his friend was back with his true smile.
"Hey, Jou! What happens to you all the suddenly?" Jou smiled to him.
"Oh! Nothing at all, just wants to finish the work as quick as possible!" Bakura looked at him suspiciously.
"Don't try to lie, I know there's something wrong with you. What's the news?" The blond stammered
"Well, euh....you see......." He didn't know how to explain it, the long-haired teen didn't trust people that he met because of that little friendship thing after his adopted uncle's dead. 'You know 'Kura, I met my old friend Yami at school! Yeah, the cold billionaire Yami Motou that everyone was talking about. Yes, yes, we were friends when we were freshman. Oh! I'm sorry for not introduce him to you, you see, we got some little problem for our own. What problem? It's not a big dealt, really. Don't worry, he didn't do a thing to me yet. No!No! He's not using me, really, what good am I to him? You think so too? Great!' Yeah, right, he was going to tell and Bakura will surely forgive him and trust Yami. He rolled his eyes mentally, 'like it'll happen, sometimes he's acting too much like a mother...'
Suddenly, the shop's door opened widely, and someone just entered.
"Welcome to Valentine's Coffee-shop!" Jou was thankful to whoever came before realize who his new customer was. "You!! What ARE you doing there?? Shouldn't you go to somewhere that only rich guy are allowed instead of our humble little poor shop???" He said sadistically.
"That's because I'm the one who invites him to come, right, Kaiba? Beside, this place looks a lot nicer than I thought." A new face appeared, " Hm.....So you're the _puppy_ that my friend here have interest....Don't know why he picks you though. I don't see anything special of you...."
"I'm NOT a puppy! Mr. Moneybags!" Jou glared at him, he knew the black-haired teen was saying that on purpose.
"Stop it, Jou, you don't want to get fire by Ms. Valentine, right...?" Said the soft-faced young, who tried to calm his friend down.
"Can we go now, Otogi? Just seeing the face of a stupid mutt is making me nauseous." Said Seto, emotionless.
"No way Kaiba, not after asking this beautiful lady out...." Bakura blinked.
"Who? Me? But I'm....." The so-called Otogi chuckled.
"Of course, princess, who else could it be? Don't tell me that this guy..." He pointed at Jou, "...is your boyfriend."
Bakura stared at him, eyes wide. "What the....?"
"Sorry man, but this _lady_ here is NOT my little _girlfriend_, he is a GUY! Can't you rich people distinguish boys and girls??" Teased Jou.
But it looked like Otogi didn't even listen to him, or ignored him like Jou thought. "What a pity, you should be with me instead of staying with this guy, I can make you dreams come true, baby." Otogi grined, stopped when he received glares from the blond. "Looks like your boyfriend is not happy that I flirt with you, what a lucky guy he is." He sighed, "Oh well, let's get down to business, should we??"
"It's about time, Otogi, you're wasting my precious time. I'm a busy person, you know?!" Seto glared at him.
"Sorry Kaiba." He said it in a not-so-sorry tone, and turned to them, "So what do you have in special?"
"Don't tell me you come all the way here just to buy some cakes...?" the CEO of Kaiba Corp said. raised a eyebrow.
"Half of it, I'm just curious what kind of puppy you pick up..." He said it in a amused tone.
"I'M NOT A DOG!!!" Jou fumed, "AND I'M NOT GONNA SELL THINGS TO YOU ARROGANT PEOPLE!!" He yelled at him, tried to fight back the urge to tackle him. He didn't want that Mai caught him fighting with HER customers, especially the so-called customers were people held an important place in our economic society. He didn't even _want_ to think about what that ferocious woman would do to him.
"Oh well, if you say so." He grabbed Seto's arm, and left.
"That bastard......" He stared at their car angerily before turned to his friend, "I told you you should cut your hair, you look just like a girl."
"Can't we drop the subjet??" He tried to hide his blushing face, "It's embarassing."
"Nah...You're too cute when you're like this." Bakura sighed, tried to ignorant his friend, and begun to work.
Leon: Is it just me, or everyone is acting OOC??
Reader(if any): *nod and glare at her*
Me: Hahaha...*nervous laugh* I'm sorry!! I told you I'm not good at keeping people IC
Hawkie: Then just creat an original ficcie instead of making ppl sick!!
Me: I can't, I never create one before......;_;
Plz give me suggestions like what should I change and things like that. I'll appreciate it^^