To Tame a Kitten

First off... I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. Wish I did. I DO own my OC, Eliathanus. This is still a huge WIP, since the card game itself doesn't really interest me but the characters do. Also, they will most likely be QUITE OOC. Reviews would be nice and would help fuel my muse to finishing this. Pairings are:: Kaiba/OC OC/Joey Possibly Kaiba/OC/Joey later on?

To Tame a Kitten

Eliathanus looks slowly around the school his parents had signed him up for. It looked exactly as he expected it to. A small, cramped place with many other students who may or may not hate him on sight. He sighs, tilting his head back slightly, giving the impression he was looking down on them all before shaking his head. Wouldn't do to give them THAT kind of impression. That would be sure to attract the unwanted attention of bullies, he knew.

"Feh... Why don't my parents just sign my death certificate, eh? This is, what... the 12th school I've had to transfer to? How lame is that..." He mutters to himself, not noticing the group of students in front of him until he literally ran into one of them, eyes widening as he and a blond student, a little bit taller than himself, fell over, limbs tangling, with him on top. His ice blue eyes stared down into wide, slightly alarmed gold before he notices anger start to flicker in their depths. 'Great... Just what I needed...' He thought to himself before the blonde's fist connected with his jaw, knocking him off the other boy to land ungracefully on his ass. His right hand automatically reaches up to rub his jaw, eyes warily watching the blonde as he stood up and started towards him again.

"What the hell'ya thinkin, buddy, just tacklin me outta the blue like that?" The blonde growls, crouching down, his face less than an inch from Eliathanus' own. He thought of staring the other boy down, then thought better of it, eyes only locking for the barest instant before flicking away to the right and down.

"Trust me.. It wasn't intentional. I've run into better looking guys." He mutters, forgetting to keep a reign on his tongue. The moment he said it, his eyes flick back to the blonde's just in time to see them narrow even further before that fist met his already abused face again.

"That outta teach ya to watch yer mouth, kid." The blond grumbles, slowly standing up and walking back over to where his friends waited nearby, looking from the blonde to him and back again.

"Hey,Joey, everything alright? What happened?" The shortest member of the group, a young boy with spikey, tri-colored hair and large violet eyes asked, leaning slightly again to stare at Eliathanus from around 'Joey'.

"Nuthin I couldn't handle, Yug. C'mon, let's get to class before we're late." The smaller boy nods, but flashes Eliathanus the barest of smiles when the rest of the group starts walking away.

Finally making it into the main school building, Eliathanus grumbles when he realises that yes, he is late, and that the teacher was giving him a detention on his first day. Marvelous how rapidly his school record made it to the teachers before he even began here.

"Feh... S'not like I haven't had detention before." He mutters to himself, taking a seat at the far back of the class, eyes flicking boredly over the rest of his classmates. His eyes flicker with barely controlled rage as they spot a familiar blonde seated just ahead and to the right of him.

"Great... He's here too." He mumbles, eyes flickering to an emotionless, icey look. He'd perfected the look after being transfered from his first school. He looks up at the teacher as she motions him to the front of the class. 'Yay... now for introductions.' He thinks to himself, slowly standing up, as if he didn't have a care in the world, as if the entire eyes of the class weren't focused on him and his trek to the front of the room.

"Class, this is Eliathanus Harumi." She said, mispronouncing his name horribly, getting a visible cringe out of him as the class started to giggle and laugh at it.

"It's Eliathanus Harumi." He said softly, slowly, as if the teacher were an idiot. "Or just call me Eli. It's easier for those that have horrible pronunciation skills." He said with an icy glare to the rest of the class, then glances at the teacher. "Are we done now?" He mutters to himself, sticking his hands in his pockets and slouching slightly.

"Thank you... Eli... You may take your seat again." She said shortly, quite aware that his insult had been meant for her as well as the class. "Now, class, open your English books to page 34."

From then on, Eli tuned the teacher out. He was smart enough that he didn't really NEED the class, but his parents had insisted on him taking it. He pulls his gaze away from the window, aware that someone was staring at him. Flicking his eyes around the room rapidly, he notices two people staring. One happened to be the kid from earlier, Joey. The other was a tall brunette with almost the same piercing eyes as himself, his hair cut into a mullet. 'Great.. More attention I don't need.' He thinks to himself, glowering at the two of them in warning before going back to actually concentrating on the work before him.

Joey's eyes narrow dangerously, bright gold darkening to an almost brown color in anger. This kid was definetly trouble. He could just smell it oozing off him, almost in waves. To him, the kid was almost as bad as Seto Kaiba, who leaned forward enough to whisper one thing in Joey's ear. "Mutt." He could feel his hackles rise at that, turning his head and giving a retort of his own. "I ain't no damn mutt, Moneybags." He snarls, baring his teeth just as an angry dog would. "Joey Wheeler and Seto Kaiba! Detention for the both of you!" The teacher snaps at them, walking over and plunking a detention slip down on each of their desks.

'Just great... Now I got both of them for detention too.' Eli thought to himself, grateful when the bell rang, signaling the lunch hour. He takes his time putting his things in his bag, in no hurry to deal with anyone at the moment. When he was finished packing, he slowly stood, figuring it would just be him in the room now. Looking up, he stops just short of running into the brunette's chest, a low growl escaping him before he could stop it. Looking up sharply, he glares at Seto Kaiba, not flinching when the other boy's eyes narrowed into their own icy glare.

"Just who do you think you are, glaring at me?" He hisses out, leaning down and close to Eli.

"You started it with your goddamned staring, bucko, not me. Back off, unless you want my fist in your face." His hands tighten into fists, his feet automatically shifting so that he was better balanced.

Kaiba gives a small smirk at that, leaning closer to Eli, not backing down. "Heh... I'm assuming the kitten has claws then?" He says, intentionally invading Eli's personal boundaries.

Eli didn't bother to think about his actions, he just let his fist swing towards that smug face. His ice blue eyes widened in surprise as the other side-stepped at the last moment, stepping even closer to Eli, who was now trapped between his desk, and the other boy. "What the hell do you think your doing?" He growls out, eyes fairly spitting sparks at Kaiba.

"Letting you know who's top dog around here, kitten. I could make you disappear without a trace if I felt like it." The other boy threatened, leaning closer so that their noses barely touched.

"Yo, Kaiba! Aint'cha gettin tired of pickin on the small fry?" Joey's voice cut through the tension between Kaiba and Eli, both turning their attention to the blonde standing close to the teacher's desk. "Ya know, we should be gettin to our next classes, you two."

"I was working on that." Eli's voice snapped as he glared back over at Kaiba. "This asshole wouldn't let me."

"Asshole, is it? Well, kitten, I look forward to cramming that name down your throat later." He swiftly turns on his heel, glaring down at Joey before snapping. "Out of my way, Mutt."

Eli watches as Joey bites back some sort of remark, glares even more, then growls low in his throat and steps out of Kaiba's way before turning back to look over at Eli. "He didn't hurt ya none, did he?" Eli snorts at that.

"No, he didn't. Just got too close for comfort." He says, eyes and voice emotionless once more, as if nothing had happened the past few minutes. "Why did you get involved? This wasn't between you, me, and Seargant Asshat, you know." Eliathanus said with a slight toss of his head, his long, blood red bangs dropping back down to frame his slightly heart-shaped face as his right hand reached back and scratched at the back of his head in embarrassment, his knee-length braid swishing with the motion like a cat's tail behind him.

Joey shrugs slightly at the question and remark. "Cause I felt like it. I don't like watching Kaiba pick on those he considers weaker or below him. I get enough shit from him ona daily basis, ya know?" He said, shrugging again before turning slightly, his right hand going up over his shoulder, holding his book bag there. "Ya were goin ta lunch, right? Why don'cha join me and my friends for today? Ya look like ya could use a friend or two." He said, giving a small smile, as if their conflicts from earlier never happened.

Eli considers turning the other down, then tilts his head slightly in thought. 'It WOULD be nice to have someone around. S'not like I've been the most friendly or easy person to get along with or anythin.' He thought to himself before giving the slightest of nods, allowing a small, very rare smile to cross his face briefly before he went back to being emotionless. "Sounds good to me. We weren't properly introduced earlier. Eliathanus Harumi, or, if you prefer, Eli. Doesn't matter either way to me."

"Joey Wheeler. Now, let's go get some grub before all the good stuff is taken, eh?" He said, looping his left arm around Eli's right, drawing the other boy with him. Eli blushes slightly at the unexpected contact with the other boy, frowning as he fought to return to his normal skin color.

Lunch time was never boring at the school, or so it seemed to Eli's eyes as he took in all the chaos of the cafeteria. He felt his right eyebrow twitch at how students seemed to have no regard for any other student that was trying to get lunch as students were pushed aside, cut in front of, or starting food fights. "Is this... normal...?" He heard himself ask Joey in a low, unsure voice.

At Joey's nod, he shakes his head slightly. "I doubt I'll ever get used to this..." He mutters to himself as Joey once again drags him around, this time towards the front of the lunch line were Joey's friends apparently were.

Grabbing a tray for himself, Joey then hands Eli a tray as well, glaring at whoever was behind them that looked about to protest. Yugi looks over and smiles, noticing Joey had finally joined them, his eyes widening the slightest bit as he noticed Joey still had his left arm looped around Eli's right. "Um... I think you can let go now, Joey..." Eli says softly, looking down at the arm still entwined with his own.

"Nah.. Wouldn't want anyone to decide to get antsy and shove ya down or nothin, ya know?" Joey said with a slight smirk at the other boy.

Joey surprisingly found himself enjoying the other's closeness, and, in his own selfish way, didn't really feel like letting go, so had made up an excuse to keep the other close. Not really a lie, since people getting shoved around happened alot in the line, but almost never at the front of the line. Once they got and paid for their food, Joey then drug Eli with him and the others of his group to their usual eating place, outside, under a sakura tree. It wasn't until the both of them were seated with the rest of the group before Joey let go of Eli's arm.

Tristan leans over to Joey's right ear and whispers to him, "A bit possessive of the newbie, aren't you, Joey?" Joey felt himself turn slightly red at the comment before he shook his head rapidly and replied to his friend.

"Nah, I ain't possessive over 'im. Just makin sure he ain't gonna get pushed around at lunch time, that's all." He said before looking back up and grinning before making introductions. "Alright gang. This is Eli. He's in a few of my classes. Eli, this is Tristan to my right, Yugi next to him, Taea's the only girl of our group, and that's Bakura walking up." He said, giving a small wave to the fragile seeming boy that walked up to join them. "So, did ya have to beat anyone up today, Bakura?" He said, giving a small smile to the white haired boy.

"No. Everyone was quite cooperative today." He said softly, looking over at Eli and narrowing his eyes the slightest bit. "And this is...?"

"Oh yea, fergot you haven't met him yet. This is Eli."

By the end of the school day, Eli was slightly glad when he noticed that Joey was in all his classes with him, but also dismayed to find out Seto Kaiba shared them as well. The red head could feel the brunette's icey glare throughout each class and had done his best not to glare back. He didn't need a repeat of the incident before lunch, after all. When the final bell sounded, Eli had his bag packed and was trying to shuffle out with the rest of the class when Kaiba's hand dropped on his shoulder and tightened the slightest bit.

"We have detention. Since the Mutt has gotten plenty of them, he can show us which room we're going to." He said with an icy, stony glare at them both.

"Like hell. Find the place yourself, you asshat." Eli growls out, his eyes fairly spitting sparks at Kaiba again.

Kaiba smirks, noticing that Joey had considered the confrontation done with and had turned his back to the both of them, starting down the hall, expecting them to catch up. Leaning in very close, purposefully invading Eli's space again, he stops, his face inches from Eli's ear.

"You'd think you would have learned to respect and listen to me earlier, kitten." He whispers, his words drifting across Eli's sensitive ear like a soft breeze.

Eli squeezes his eyes shut at the sensation before snapping them back open and trying to step away from the other with a suppressed moan he masked as a growl. "Back. The. Fuck. Off." He hisses, eyes narrowed again to dangerous slits. Where the hell was Joey now?

Kaiba had his arms fairly locked around his neck so he couldn't very well step away from the brunette that seemed intent on causing him untold amounts of embarrassment with their closeness. Kaiba smirks the slightest bit, a condescending, almost thoughtful smirk as his eyes roam over Eli's face, right eyebrow raising slightly as they stopped on his lips.

"Don't even think about it." Eli growls, noticing where Kaiba was staring.

"Don't even think about what, kitten? This?" He taunts, leaning even closer, his mouth inches from Eli's own, stopping just shy of actually touching the other, their breath's mingling in the small space.

Eli growls again, shivering slightly before his eyes flick around rapidly, as if looking around for someone to stop the brunette, or for a way out. 'Where the fuck did Joey disappear to?' He thought in a slight panic, thinking the blonde had abandoned or forgotten about him. Kaiba gives a triumphant smirk and closes the distance between their lips and their bodies, holding Eli close enough that Eli could feel 'Little' Kaiba was happy with what was going on. He froze as Kaiba's tongue flicks across his tightly closed lips, as if searching for some crack in the seal. Finding none, he seemed to give a disappointed sound before one hand started fiddling with Eli's ears. Eli gasps slightly at the touch, which Kaiba took the opportunity to deepen the kiss between them, invading Eli's mouth with his tongue, leaving no area untouched. Eli finally seemed to snap out of his stupor and gives a low growl before biting down on the offending muscle. Kaiba's eyes widen as he was bit before tearing himself away from the red head, glaring death at the other.

"What the fuck was that for?" He snaps at Eli, standing up to his tallest and glaring down at the slightly smaller man.

"First, I don't remember giving permission for any of this shit. Second, you sure as FUCK aren't my boyfriend, nor anyone I would ever even CONSIDER one. Third, your threats don't faze me in the slightest. Touch me again and I'll be rearranging your face as well as removing your reason for being called a man." He growls out, slowly inching past Kaiba and out the door, backing up, keeping his eyes on the brunette as, with a smirk, he walks slowly after him.

Since he wasn't watching where he was going, Eli gives a slight yelp as someone else's arms wrap around him and turn him around. He blinks, looking up at Joey's concerned face. "Hey, ya okay? Thought the two of ya were right behind me. When ya didn't follow me inta detention, I asked ta come lookin fer ya. Hey... You look a bit spooked about somethin, Eli. Ya alright?" Joey asks, looking over Eli's slightly rumpled appearance before flicking his gold eyes to Kaiba and glaring at Kaiba's smug face.

"I'm fine." He growls out between grit teeth as Joey turned back around with a shrug and a mumbled "Suit yaself then." Eli follows after Joey, feeling Kaiba's eyes on him as the three of them headed to detention, growling at himself for not fighting Kaiba harder.

One hand drifts up to his face, rubbing against his lips, as if trying to erase what had happened between him and the other boy. Kaiba, who was now walking beside him, glances over out of the corner of his eye, a smirk drifting across his face at Eli's actions.

'Hrm... That was easier than I thought. If I keep this up, the mutt and the kitten should fall into my control.' He thought to himself, eyes flicking to the back of Joey's head as another smirk crosses his face. Joey looks over his shoulder once again, for two reasons. The main reason was to make sure Kaiba wasn't molesting Eli again. The second, was for an opportunity for himself to molest the red-head, although he wouldn't fully admit that, never to anyone else, and barely to himself. He slows down, stepping in between Kaiba and Eli, looping his right arm through Eli's left. Eli raises an eyebrow at that, but doesn't comment, seeing that Kaiba had noticed the motion and was glaring daggers at Joey.

'Maybe this won't be so bad.. With Joey here, Kaiba's less likely to try something. And... Joey is kinda nice to be around.' He shakes his head slightly at the thought, ice blue eyes flicking to glance at Joey out of the corner of his eye. He blinks, seeing that he had caught Joey watching him in return as the blonde started to blush furiously.

"You okay?" He asks, leaning closer to Joey and putting a hand on his forehead. "Hrm... A little warm..."

Joey jumps away from Eli as if the other had burned him with his hand. "I.. I'm fine, Eli!" He stammers out, face getting even more red. Eli's face appeared to be disbelieving, for a moment, until a cough from Kaiba reminded them of where they were and where they were going.