Seto walked into the airport and looked around. A tournament in Germany was leading him to try to gain his title again. Plus he also knew Yugi was coming as well.

He saw his little brother speaking to the limo driver whom was collecting their things and putting them on carts. Seto stood up and straight as he began walking towards the roof, the limo driver behind him with their stuff. Mokuba quickly walked and stood next to his brother and he too stood straight.

Seto smiled softly at his brother's mimics. They reached the roof soon afterwards and Seto looked at his KC Helicopter with pride. The limo driver placed their luggage in the helicopter and Mokuba and Seto entered the huge machine.

Hours later, Mokuba and Seto had engaged in conversation. "Where are we staying again?" Mokuba asked, yawning a bit.

Seto responded quickly, "Raging Suns Hotel. It appears that there is another tournament happening at the Hotel as well as the Magic and Wizards tournament. A tournament for a game we have yet to learn about." He explained his voice serious. "I believe it is called Beyblade."

"I've played it before," Mokuba commented. After another yawn, he spoke once more. "It's hard though because you have to aim just right. But the game itself doesn't require much strategy after that. But the energy in the bladers and in yourself make you think. It's exhilarating!"

Seto nodded, letting the silence fall into the helicopter. After about another fifteen minutes, he caught sight of the graph on his dash (a/n: or whatever those things are called in helicopters) showing that they were now in Germany.

"We're almost there." He said to Mokuba, who was nearly asleep. The young boy nodded, then woke himself up the rest of the way and waited patiently.

~*~

The city lights awed Yugi. Though they weren't as pretty or flashy as the ones back in Japan, the lights gave off an old British feeling. The streets were wider then the types he was use to and the buildings were brick and reminded him of a British town.

//What is with the place? It looks older then yours but newer then mine// Yami asked though the mind link.

/It's Germany, located in Europe. I don't know why it looks the way it does though/ Yugi replied. /But I like it. It has a cozy feeling to it/

Jounouchi followed quickly and Anzu after him. "I wonder where the Hotel is." The blonde pondered aloud. Anzu growled, "Well if somebody wouldn't have lost the map!"

Jounouchi had been holding the map and had lost it. His friends made him carry all their things as punishment.

The honey-eyed boy rounded a corner quickly to get away from Anzu and suddenly the sound of baggage dropping was heard. Jou had run straight into a rare hunter!

Clegar, the said Rare Hunter, had also fallen. But seeing that his prey was weak he quickly got into action and pulled out a switchblade. He pressed it against Jou's skin, though not hard enough to break the skin.

"Let him go!" Yugi shouted as he rushed for his friend. But another Rare Hunter, Slegar, kicked Yugi away. When Yugi hit the ground, he was kicked several more times. The last Rare Hunter, Glegar, grabbed Anzu from behind and put her in a headlock.

As Yami was about to save his aibou and take his body, he heard a shout.

"LET IT RIP!!!!"

A beyblade flew right above Clegar's hand, and it ripped up his skin. He howled in pain and dropped the knife and blood came from the deep wound. Two more beyblades were released and they hit Slegar on the groin, sending him sailing to the ground in pain. Glegar was hit in the head, and was sent flying into a wall. They all got up anyways and began running away.

Yugi wasted not time in running to his best friend's aide. Anzu kneeled in front of the blonde. "Jou!"

But Jou focused himself on his saviors. "Thanks man! I owe ya'll one!"

A boy with greasy black hair in a ponytail stepped forward. He was dressed in a red vest over a yellow top and had on regular jeans with tenni-shoes. "No problem! I'm Kinomiya Takao!"

The others stepped forward and introductions were made. But Yami, whom was in his soulroom, was deep in thought. 'What are the Rare Hunters doing here? I though they were defeated when we beat Malik. Something is wrong here. Very wrong.'

~*~

"Whoa! Glad you guys are staying here! We were lost!" Anzu exclaimed as she strained her neck to look up at the building the whole way. They had all made it to the Raging Suns Hotel. The BladeBreakers (whom I'm going to call BB) had showed them where it was since they too were staying there. Max nodded sheepishly. "Come on!"

They all walked in, talking about this and that. They then all went to bed.

~*~

Seto stepped out of his helicopter and watched as his brother breathed in the German air. The young boy then looked at his brother, waiting for instructions.

"We'll go to the room first and empty or luggage. Then we'll eat our breakfast and then you can go to bed. Mokuba nodded drowsily. "Stupid Time Zone." According to his watch, which was still set to their departure point from America, where they had been before he due to opening KaibaLand in America, it was 10: 40 PM. But now in Germany, it was 7: 40 AM.

"Well if it's too late for 'going to bed', I think I'll skip breakfast and take a nap." Mokuba joked grumpily.

Seto shook his head. "No. You have to adjust to the Time Zone." Seto pulled his and his brother's luggage from the helicopter and Mokuba groggily grabbed the big metal briefcase.

They walked downstairs like that, since there was no elevator to the roof like there was in the airports.

They walked to the Check-In counter and got their keys and then went back up to the Hotel room. Seto put all the luggage onto one of the beds and took out a folder from the suitcase after he took it from Mokuba.

The young Kaiba sighed and collapsed on the bed. Seto rolled his eyes. "Fine Mokuba." He replied lightly. "But only for today." Then he grabbed his laptop and headed downstairs. He wasn't tired at all, and plus he hadn't been sleeping well so he couldn't have fallen asleep even if he wanted to.

He had been up all night and day working on holograms and programs and a couple of presentations for the meetings he had to attend now that he was in Germany. There were always two reasons why he went to a tournament, and the stress from both of them was what was keeping him from sleeping.

He went into the lobby and put his things down on an empty coffee table that was surrounded by empty couches. He got some coffee and Danish from a machine and went back to his work. He needed the caffeine.

He went back and forth between his computer and his documents and felt completely drained only after an hour. He wasn't even halfway done, and that just made him frustrated.

He spread himself over the empty couch and looked straight ahead at the darkness his closed eyelids gave.

But he couldn't fall asleep.

~*~

Kai was the first person up—like usual—and he got up from his bed. He blinked a couple of times to get away from all the sleepiness he had in his eyes and then stood up and trailed off into the bathroom.

He took a shower and then got dressed into his regular clothes and brushed his teeth and hair. After giving his hair the 'Kai' hairdo, he exited the bathroom and noted that the rest of the team was still asleep.

He could hear Takao's snoring from the other room and had to contain himself as to not roll his eyes.

They had been there for a month due to the fact that Mr. Dickenson had made some arrangement mistakes. He thought the tournament had been scheduled a month earlier, since the other tournament was taking place. 'The Magic and Wizards tournament,' Kai thought. So the BBs had been stuck in Germany a month longer then any of the other bladers. But at least they got use to the Time Zone before anyone else.

He quickly grabbed a medium-sized book and exited the room.

He took the stairs instead of the elevator to get downstairs, something he had been doing for the month.

He reached the lobby about ten minutes later and found that due to the time, 10: 45 AM, the place was crowded with people who had to get their work done.

All Kai wanted to do was read. But the place was crowded, he knew it would be difficult to get a place to sit.

As he looked around, he noticed that there was one section nobody was sitting. A man with brown hair and sharp eyes was lying on a couch. He looked to be sleeping, and there were papers and folders all over the coffee table in the middle of that section. A laptop was halfway opened and was still on.

Kai shrugged and went to sit down. He wasn't afraid. He took a seat on a recliner looking chair to the right of the man and opened his book.

~*~

Yugi awoke and yawned. He watched as his transparent Yami looked out the window and onto the German streets below.

"What's up Mou Hitori no Boku?" Yugi asked, crawling to the edge of the bed and then lying down on his chest, his arms hanging over the edge. He yawned again.

Yami looked at him with an unreadable expression on his face. "Nothing Yugi. Everyone is still asleep, I believe. But it is about 11:00 in the morning, so you may want to get up."

Yugi scrambled out of bed. "Are you serious?!" he nearly shouted. "But we didn't stay up that late yesterday!"

Yami chuckled. "Is one in the morning not late aibou? I believe you were the one who fell asleep first." He saw his hikari blush and so he smiled kindly. "How about we go down to the lobby to see if your new friends are there?"

Yugi nodded. "Yeah!" he got up and put on his battle city attire, except without the coat. It was a pretty hot day.

He closed the door silently behind him and then began walking towards the elevator. He got in and just as the door began sliding close, someone shouted, "hold it open!"

Yugi quickly pressed the door open button and also grabbed the edge of the door and stopped it. It slid back and Yugi could see Rei running for the door.

He made it just as it shut close again. "Whew!" he leaned over and breathed. "Thanks Yugi!"

Yugi smiled. "No problem!" he stretched a bit and then looked at the Chinese boy. "So…what's up?"

"Nothing much. I'm heading for the lobby. Kai is always down there since he always wakes up before any of us. Though this is the latest I've ever slept in. Then again we were up till one in the morning." He laughed. "So, what about you?"

"Mou Hitori no Boku wanted to see…" Yugi trailed off suddenly, an embarrassed look on his face.

"Mou Hitori no Boku?" Rei repeated, slightly suspicious. Yugi shook his head. "No. Nothing…forget it." He smiled sheepishly.

Rei watched Yugi for a moment, but the sound of the elevator reaching its destination came on and the doors opened.

Rei looked around. "There he is!" he said, grabbing hold of Yugi's arm. The elevator scene was soon forgotten as Rei pulled Yugi along with him to the section Kai was.

But as they neared there, Yugi suddenly saw Seto lying on the couch. With worry over his face, he ran just as fast as Rei to get to his 'friend's' side.

"Kaiba!" he cried. Seto's eyes popped open. "Thank you Yugi. I'm now going to be deaf for the rest of my life." He said monotoned.

But Yugi smiled. "Sorry. So…why are you sleeping down here? When did you get here? How'd you get here? Where have you been the past couple of months? Are you OK?!" he asked in one breath.

Seto sat up. He glanced at his work and mentally growled in frustration. "I wasn't sleeping, I was resting. I got here this morning, and in my helicopter. I've been in America for the last few months. And I was OK until you showed up." He replied, pacing his voice.

Yugi laughed. "Good, I suppose. Where's Mokuba? I haven't seen him."

"Sleeping in the room. 4488, I believe. Now what do you want? I have work to do." Seto's change in personality made Yugi a little uncomfortable.

"Nothing. I'm just kinda bored." The younger one said defensively as he sat next to the CEO. "Oh! Kai! Rei! This is Seto Kaiba! Kaiba, this is Kon Rei and Hiwitari Kai."

"I'm not interested in meeting some of your loser friends Yugi." Seto said with a sigh. He opened his laptop all the way and looked at the screen. "83%, 45%, 65.545%…" he trailed off as he looked at a sheet of paper then back to his computer.

"Shit! I can't believe it!" he cursed as he reached for a folder and began looking for a paper.

"Need help?" Yugi asked. Kai had gone back to his book and Rei had walked over to them.

Seto, forgetting about being invincible for a bit, nodded. "Yeah, whatever."

"With what?" Rei asked.

Seto rummaged through another folder and then took two stacks of papers from it that were in rubber bands. "I need you to go through these. Any of them that don't have the numbers 4513672389436 are to be separated from those piles." Seto answered as if he was a machine.

Yugi sweatdropped. "Perhaps you can write that down?" he requested.

So Seto wrote it down and the three of them worked or about another hour.