For Good

Summary: Seto Kaiba and Joey Wheeler have never gotten along. They are finally graduating high school and are off to begin new chapters in their lives. They realize that because they knew each other, they have been changed…for good.

Disclaimer: I do not own, and never will own, Yu-Gi-Oh and the rights to the song "For Good". I do, however, own the CD with the song on it. Therefore, I do own the song.

Chapter 1

Graduation was around the corner for Domino City High School's class of 2006. Four years of sleepless nights and endless stacks of homework were finally over. For many students, graduation meant college and even more homework. For others, it meant a life of freedom. For even more, it meant joining the real world as an adult and as a responsible citizen.

Joey Wheeler anticipated his graduation. However, he also looked upon it with sadness. In just a few days, he would move out of the slum of an apartment he called his home. He would leave his alcoholic father behind and use the money he had saved up over the years as a down payment on a new apartment on the outskirts of town.

Going to college was not an abandoned concept on the blond duelist. He had planned on attending the local junior college in a couple years once he had some more money saved up. Until then, he would be doing odd jobs just to make a few bucks.

"More than my father ever did," Joey often said when describing his aspirations to his friends.

Joey's friends were the one factor that upset him more than anything. Yugi Mouto, his best friend, would be moving to Egypt to study archaeology. Tea Gardener, another close friend, was moving to New York to attend Juilliard. Tristan Taylor, Joey's other best friend, planned on traveling the world.

However, one person that Joey knew, and actually despised, would be staying in Domino City. This person was Seto Kaiba, the richest person in Domino City with the worst attitude. He didn't care either way about his graduation. He was neither happy nor sad. He was, however, thankful that the past four wasted years of his life were finally over.

That was how he had always thought of high school. He had the IQ of a genius, yet was forced by the higher-ups of society to attend school or lose the company. This was an ultimatum he was not ready to gamble with and therefore chose his company. Now that high school was over, he could devote more time to it.

Seto was not the kind of person to make friends, so he wouldn't really miss anybody. Even though the Yugi-tachi insisted on spending time with him, he didn't consider them his friends. They were more or less rivals, even the ones who did absolutely nothing to him.

Seto and Joey hated each other, or so it seemed. Whenever the two crossed paths, chaos ensued. This often resulted in detentions for both and the rift between them only grew wider. They didn't agree on much, but they both agreed that graduation was good for one thing: they wouldn't have to see each other ever again.