Masked Emotion

-BluAyu

One

Jounouchi Katsuya yawned gracelessly as he jumped the metal gate. He was just about to move forward and was violently pulled back.

"Aw fuck!" he hissed as he yanked his uniform sleeve away from the wire hearing a rip. He cursed even more as his unluckiness. It figured that this would happen when he was already running late enough as it was.

He ran into the school not bothering to look at the damage that the wire gate had caused to his school uniform.

"Sumimasen, osokunarimashita," announced Jounouchi quietly as he entered the classroom.

"Late again?" Otsuka-Sensei proclaimed.

Jounouchi only nodded before sitting down at his desk.

"Where were you?" mouthed Yugi.

"Shizuka-"Jounouchi mouthed back.

"Now, before Jounouchi-san strolled in here interrupting me, I was mentioning-"began Otsuka-Sensei.

"Sumimasen," answered another voice. A couple girls squealed. It was rare for him to even turn up to class and it figured that he wasn't even in uniform but in his turtle neck and no doubt his designer trench coat.

Otsuka-Sensei smiled and nodded, bowing as Seto Kaiba took his seat.

Jounouchi rolled his eyes. How idiotic was this whole school system? Shit, why the hell did Kaiba even bother to show up at school?

"Now as I was saying, as most of you already know, we've caught two students at some of Roppongi districts clubs. If we do catch you at any of these, there will be severe consequences. We'd like to remind you that you are to stay away from these places. It's illegal and none of you are of age. Not mention the dangers of attending these clubs are high-off and on school grounds you are to set an example for our school and be responsible," said Otsuka-Sensei.

And then class had begun. It was dull, and boring. Jounouchi hated being under aged. A powerless child. His opinions would never matter, not even when he was older. He wasn't going to be a business manager or anything special. He had a hard enough time taking care of his recovering but still blind sister Shizuka, and his alcoholic father that he wanted direly to stay away from.

Jounouchi had no time to focus on school. Even when he did, he found that he wasn't good at it. He was better at other things. His hobbies were something of a normal teenager. Games were such a challenge but lately since Yugi had been dominating that scene, he had slightly lost interest. He wanted the spotlight for something…

The bell chimed for lunch after his third class interrupting his muses. He blinked somewhat startled. Jounouchi stood and stretched.

"Uwa…so long…" he murmured.

He turned around to hit into something soft…and like leather…

"Mutt, you're going to ruin my designer jacket with your slobber, god knows it's more than what you're worth," a voice above him drawled.

"Oh go eat shit Kaiba,' snapped Jounouchi before roughly pushing away.

"Like you care about your own things," murmured Kaiba fingering the rather large rip in Jounouchi's uniform jacket.

Jounouchi's brown orbs widened a moment before slapping Kaiba's pale hand away.

"Oujisama," he began dramatically, "If you think you're SO important how about you fix my jacket or get the hint to fuck off?"

A couple people snickered hearing over the comment. Yugi rushed over getting in between the CEO and his best friend.

"Jou, it's not worth it," he warned.

"Mutou, keep a leash on your dog or I might just have to call the pound," sneered Kaiba before he strolled off.

"What was up his ass?" Jounouchi murmured before examining the hole in his jacket as well.

"What did you do?" Honda asked laughing.

"Depends on what time form you're asking?" Jounouchi answered with a smirk.

"I saw the whole Kaiba thing, I meant the jacket," said Honda.

Jounouchi shrugged before smiling, "Don't jump fences in a rush, the ones around the school are bitch."

"Do you really have to be that vulgar Katsuya-kun?" Anzu asked with a sigh.

"It's me."

The quartet moved desks together to where they could all sit and chat while they had their lunch. Yugi smiled brightly as he opened up his bentou and found a bunch of delicious onigiri waiting to be consumed. Same with Anzu except, all of it was most definitely made herself, for the nori was shaped into hearts… Honda grinned taking out some left over unagi that was probably from his family's dinner.

Jounouchi sighed. He just didn't have the time…

"No lunch?" Honda asked stunned again.

"You know my old man…"

Yugi placed the top of his bentou out and placed a portion of rice and some meat into the container. Anzu added some of her kimchi to the rice and Honda too added some of his unagi.

"You guys, seriously, no-"Jounouchi began. He hated being looked after and babysat.

"You're dancing later right? You need your energy," pointed out Anzu.

"How did you know?" asked Jounouchi.

"Because we're good like that," Honda answered with a grin before chomping on a rather large piece of eel.

Dancing was a hobby that Jounouchi had picked up currently. He had done it before plenty of times but had been out of shape since had gotten into the gaming scene. He was highly influenced by a majority of sources and hoped to one day become great at it. There was a definite main reason he wanted to dance again…

"Onii-san, when I open my eyes will you dance for me?"

"Speaking of which, how is Shizuka?" asked Yugi.

Honda stopped eating looking rather concerned. He had always fancied her, even though he knew he could only see her as a sister figure and take care of her. Lately he hadn't been having the time. He had to keep his second job in order to support his family and couldn't go and visit Shizuka anymore like he used to. He ultimately relied on Jounouchi to relay messages to her and inform him of her condition.

"In the hospital for another surgery," Jounouchi answered before eating.

"Again?!" Anzu asked stunned.

"That's the thing; the doctor said after this if the surgery doesn't take affect he's going to transfer to a hospital over in the United States," explained Jounouchi.

"Who would take her there though? You have school and there's no way in hell your father is just going to let you escape!" Honda pointed out.

Jounouchi sighed.

"My mother will be escorting her there of course."

He had always had very harsh feelings about his mother. Mainly for leaving him with his drunken and problematic father… Jounouchi had never understood why he was left behind other than that his father legally had custody over him and his mother didn't. He felt rejected in his mother's eyes and hated her for separating him from his little sister.

"At least she'll be safe," Yugi pointed out before continuing to eat.

Jounouchi nodded.

"By the way, not to change the subject, how's Yami?" Anzu asked with a giggle.

Yugi darkly looked up at her before saying, "He's out of your league."

Honda and Jounouchi burst out laughing and Anzu pouted and looked away. Lunch was one of the more amusing times of the day for Jounouchi but he was ready to leave the school. He somewhat wished he had the power to leave like Kaiba who did not show up after lunch. It was a shame that money could buy success but hard work and talent couldn't.

Jounouchi went back to day dreaming. He couldn't wait. He was going to practice and one day become known and do something. That would show Kaiba…

-_-_-_-_-_-

Seto Kaiba left school early that day. He never knew why he bothered to show up other than be a good role model for his younger brother and to people like the press who kept watching his every move.

Lately he had been having a lot of leisure time. With his business becoming successful he rarely had to step into the office since his latest product was the only update for a while. For once he was trying to actually be his age…

His mind went back to Jounouchi Katsuya for moment and he shook his head…

"Hell no..."

He wasn't going to act like…that. Not that the puppy acted his age anyway.

"Going out again Aniki?" Mokuba asked as he just arrived from school. He placed his hands behind his head as he glanced at him.

"Why do you ask?" Kaiba asked.

Mokuba grinned, "It's more like you."

"Hm?"

"It's about time you loosened up you know?" he explained.

Kaiba shuddered. There he went thinking about that damn dog. Ugh. He was more refined than that!

"I wouldn't say loosen up…" he corrected.

"It's funny, they've been lecturing about the clubs in Roppongi-even at the middle schools," Mokuba mused.

"It's becoming a huge trend," Kaiba explained.

"Wow Seto Kaiba, one to follow trends!" exclaimed Mokuba dramatically before rolling on the floor laughing. It was truly unlike his brother to be following everyone in the crowd. Not that anyone knew who each other was since…

"Excuse me Mokuba but I don't follow trends, I make them," Kaiba said smugly before heading upstairs to get ready.

_-_-_-_

Jounouchi had returned home from school and threw his bag into the corner of his room.

"BOY!" screamed a voice from the other side of the apartment.

The blonde sighed.

"Yeah?" he called back.

"Get your ass IN here!"

"Coming…"

Jounouchi made his way into his father's bed room where his dad sat. He had a brown bag in his hand. Obviously some type of liquor… He was dressed however which only meant one thing and Jounouchi had to hold back from screaming in joy…

"I'm going out. Clean this fucking place up by the time I get back or else," threatened his father before he slammed the door.

"Yeah. Sure." Jounouchi answered.

He heard the living room door slam and he raised his hand up in the air in silent victory before quickly dealing with the mess his father made in his bedroom and made way into the living room that had been cleaning since last night. Jounouchi had always made sure to keep cleaning constant so he'd have time like this.

If he hadn't done all this he'd never ever have time to practice. Jounouchi moved the couch and table out of the way and he made use of the old laptop in the corner of the room.

Jounouchi only had a little bit of time before he would depart for home. He had to be honed. He had to be graceful. Not to mention he'd have to get ready and make himself unrecognizable before he even thought about going out at all to Roppongi. Like hell was he going to be stupid enough to get caught…

He selected a video that he had been studying forever and then suddenly felt unhappy.

"This isn't right," he murmured. He looked again. It wasn't original. He wanted something fresh.

It was strange how Jounouchi found that he could change his mind so suddenly and last minute. He found another song quite quickly and was satisfied before stretching a little bit before moving across the floor.

He was lost into his own music. Shizuka would be so happy once she realized he was good again. Despite it being modern she would be pleased. It wasn't anything like ballroom dancing but actual dancing. Arm movement. Leg movement. It was all natural and required no partner other than purely his body and the music.

Jounouchi nodded to himself satisfied after an hour before moving the table and couch exactly back into place before heading to his room.

He took out his supplies noting to himself that he needed to buy more stuff. He lined his eyes with blue eyeliner tonight and shadowed his eyes. He placed red streaks in his hair and longer blonde extensions. His motives weren't to look like a girl but to look bishonen-opposite of what he looked like when he was at school.

Anyone who was smart enough not only had fake ID to get into places at Roppongi but also tried to change their appearance enough to where they would not be seen by their teachers or other adults that knew them. It was the smartest move ever and probably the biggest trend that had hit lately.

Jounouchi grinned placing his signature ruby red contacts into his eyes. He had based the look on his infamous card.

"Ha! Katsuya Jounouchi, not only are you unrecognizable but you're fucking hot to boot!" he told himself with a grin.

He got dressed, made sure he had enough money to last him the night, and made his way out into the city night life…

_-_-_-_

Seto Kaiba didn't need to follow the ridiculous trend that everyone had been following. The one that naïve adults were so unaware of… The catch was not to get caught. Something Kaiba was not worried about. It was nothing his status and a bit of money could not handle. He was known for hopping around in Tokyo actually. His tastes had been more for Ginza but lately he had been hitting the floors of Roppongi because of the chatter.

No woman had caught his interest like many businessmen and many other people his age had boasted of. He saw girls. Ganguro-if not they were unearthly and unnatural. Too much make-up. Extensions of un-natural colors.

That was the ridiculousness of the trend. The fakeness of the people almost sickened him.

However, the only reason the CEO had found interest in such places had been through some rumored talents of dancers. It was something he was interested in only because he was taking new approaches for the expos he attended. Entertainment for his guests at his events. He didn't mind dancing himself to also note.

It was the modern version of a masquerade. Every night was filled with mysterious people, dancing, and a party promised every night.

Kaiba exited his limo examining the night club before him labeled as, "Tragic."… There were supposedly, very talented people here. This should have been his first stop.

He entered the place with a mere glance. The owners already knew who he was just by his appearance. Kaiba had changed his apparel for the club setting but nothing more. There was a swarm of bodies meshing together. Lights hypnotized and the music instantly set the mood.

Everything was light and everyone seemed to be having a good time. Kaiba ordered a drink and sat only casually chatting with a few people before shrugging them off. Suddenly there was crowd and it caught Kaiba's attention almost instantly.

'He's here!' a couple girls squealed.

'Kat's finally here? Hountou?!'

Kaiba turned his attention to the crowd that surrounded one slender figure.

Who was this person? Why was everyone so hyped up about him? Was he that talented?

The DJ took off his headphones and pushed the crowd away before patting the blonde on the back. Kaiba felt some type of familiarity and was entranced. He rose from his seat and moved into the blend with the crowd.

"Okay now, give the poor guy some room, he just came!"

He was absolutely breath taking by appearance. His eyes were an unnatural red color however they glowed with intensity. He had long blonde hair streaked with red to match his ruby red eyes. He had the body of a dancer for sure… He was slender-so slender that he looked anorexic but that didn't concern Kaiba at the time. He wanted to see him move.

"Kat has a track!" announced the DJ before hopping up on the stage.

"Any challenges?" Kat questioned.

A couple people came up almost arrogantly, making the blonde haired male smirk.

"Okay! I hope you all can keep up!" he exclaimed.

There were either cheers or swarms of moving bodies moving. Everyone was hyped. It was a popular song and Kaiba could only keep his eyes on that one person… He was extremely good. Too good… He desired to know who he really was.

His movements were fluid and he knew not only how to use his legs, but manage his weight, and be able to make movements with his arms. As the song ended Kaiba moved forward and found him once again to be too familiar. When he wasn't dancing he was extremely brash and vulgar. Kat moved backward and ran right into him at that moment as he didn't pay attention to where he was going…

"I'm sorry…"

Kaiba had then seen it. It was a flash of déjà-vu and he was stunned. It couldn't be... This clumsy fool not only looked attractive at the time but knew how to dance?!

Kat looked up and a sneer formed on his lips.

"Never mind, I take that apology back."

"Do I know you?" Kaiba asked toying with him.

"Maybe, but I definitely know who the hell you are. Back off and save me some trouble," the blonde said about to walk off.

Kaiba grabbed held of this mysterious "Kat's" wrist and smirked, "You have some nerve Katsuya Jounouchi."

Jounouchi looked up at him stunned. He was busted…