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"They can't do this!" Lia thought frantically as she made her way down to the ground from the bed sheet ropes she had made. From her room, where Pegasus had kept her prisoner for a day, it was quite far from ground. At least he was gentleman enough to give her a room and not an underground dungeon, like he did with Mokuba. They might decide to do that if they find her after she escapes. "They can't take away KaibaCorp." She thought angrily. "That belongs to Seto fair and square. Pegasus just can't take it away!" Landing lightly on her feet, fourteen-year-old Lia Kaiba gathered her brother's cards and raced into the forest of the Duelist Kingdom. "Thank God I have Seto's deck of cards in my hands. I've seen him play enough. If I can find Yugi and challenge him to a battle, I might have a chance to save everything." Lia doesn't care if Kaiba had always said that it was her beauty that led her to win every game she played, she was going to win, whether it was from her beauty or her skills. She personally think herself not that big of a deal. She has light honey colored hair and soft, shining dark midnight blue eyes, which seems to run in the Kaiba family, and elegant appearances. Sure, she's had plenty of admirers that Seto threatened to beat them off for her. Six-feet-two and broad shouldered, Seto's got eyes that are like two pieces of the midnight blue ocean. They've got a determined and hard set to them, like the rest of his finely drawn, but dark, features. He looks beyond his age of sixteen--tough, cool, smart, and confident. Though he's the wealthy CEO of his own multinational high-tech corporation, his real passion lay in the world of Duel Monsters. He is an expert in the art of dueling. While both Lia and Kaiba shared the same hair color of chestnut brown, though in different shades, their younger ten-year-old brother, Mokuba, had a wild head of jet-black hair. Both of them saw no evil in Kaiba. Instead, both Mokuba and Lia idolized Kaiba and saw only his good side. Both of them were so devoted to their big bro, that they pledged to avenge anyone who crosses him. Good old big brother Seto, who had taken care of them over the past years they were in an orphanage. Seto was cute and a genius and everybody wanted to adopt him, but Seto wouldn't even hear of it. He insisted on staying in the orphanage until all three of them could be adopted together. Seto has done too much for them. Now is the chance that Lia could return something back to Seto. She was going to stop Pegasus from taking over KaibaCorp. Her brother had worked too hard for it and Pegasus isn't going to take it away now.
Pegasus was eating cheese and drinking raspberry juice, laughing over his favorite comic book when the news of the escapee came. "Where do they get their ideas?" He chuckled to himself, flipping a page. "Master Pegasus," Croquet, Pegasus's right hand man, stood at the door. Pegasus looked up, precariously irritated. "Fetch more cheese, the finest fruit juice and a few more of my favorite comic books. You do know that I cherish times like this more than anything, don't you?" He demanded. "A thousand apologies, sir," the blue-haired co-worker apologized. "But our prisoner had just ran away." "Which one?" "Miss Lia Kaiba, sir." "It's too bad she didn't appreciate my generous hospitality. Tell Kemo to go after her. She is to join me for dinner. I know exactly where she'll be. She'll search out for young Yugi, then challenge him to a duel. Tell Kemo to fetch the little runt disguised with a cap and scarf." "Yes, sir." "And check up on the youngest Kaiba in the cell while you're at it." "Yes, sir."
"Come on, admit it, Tristan." Joey Wheeler drawled lazily in his Brooklyn accent. "You know that you wouldn't stand a chance battling me." "Look who's talking, at least I wasn't the one who lost five time to Tèa." Tristan stabbed back. Yugi could see Joey's hot temper flaring up. Joey use to be a tough and wild street kid, and still hasn't really lost his quick temper yet. They walked through the woods. "Will you two just cool it?" Tèa cut in good-naturedly. "Both of you are equally good." If there was a peacemaker in this group, it was the sweet, faithful Tèa. Téa was the one voice of reason amongst the hotheaded group of boys and often has to try and bail her friends out of trouble. Though she isn't the most professional with dueling monsters, Tèa made up what she lacked with loyalty, encouragement, and cheerfulness. "Besides, I think I heard something." "Oh, all you girls are the same." Joey scoffed. "Getting scared over nothing." That earned him a smack on the back of the head by Tristan. "What kind of attitude is that?!" Tristan demanded. "Tèa is scared and nervous, we should protect her. Téa, why are you scared? You got all of us to protect you." "Yeah, but who's protecting you? " Tèa retorted, unconvinced. "All I said was that you two should stop fighting. We're near Pegasus's castle. If those were his men I just heard, no telling what they would do. You know how rough Kemo is." "She's right." Yugi said willingly. "I don't think it's Kemo, though, I think it's just--" "Are you Yugi Muto?" An ice-cold voice slashed through the air. They turned. Standing behind them was a person with a cap and a handkerchief over her mouth, only her eyes showed. But the intense eyes bothered Yugi. They looked desperately familiar but he just couldn't place them. Before he could answer, Joey interrupted, "Yeah, he is. But wadaya want with him?" "If you are, then I challenge you to a duel!" The person ignored the sandy blonde. "What?!" The whole group was shocked. "But Yugi doesn't even know you!" Tèa protested. The person gave a cold chuckle. "After I beat Yugi, you guys will remember me forever." "There is something about him, something that I can't grasp between my finger. I know him..." Yugi's mind was working. "What makes you think you'll win?" Tristan retorted defiantly. The person shrugged. "The only way you'll find out is to duel me, Yugi Muto!" "Then it's time to duel!" Yugi agreed as the Millennium Puzzle piece transformed into Yami Yugi. "Hmm...yes, I do sensed the feeling that this person has a connection to Kaiba." Yami told himself, his eyes fastened on him competitor. "What does Yugi know that we don't?" Tèa said, staring into Yami's intense eyes which was fastened on the mysterious opponent. The Millennium Eye from his puzzle was shining from his forehead. "My first card is going to be..." The opponent drew a card. "...The Blue-Eye-White-Dragon!" He announced, slamming a card down. Joey, Tristan, and Tèa were speechless with shock. How could she possibly have gotten a Blue-Eye-White-Dragon?! Meanwhile, the wheels in Yami's mind turned and rotated. His eyes narrowed into thoughtful slits. The only person who owns all three of the Blue-Eye-White-Dragon cards were... "You're Kaiba's little sister--Lia!" Yami suddenly declared, noticing his opponent's figure. Though wearing a trench coat, there was no mistake that she was a girl. Knowing her plan was up, Lia pulled off her veil and cap, letting a long cascade of long taffy colored hair descend. Through the hair, the icy dark blue eyes, and the finely chiseled features of her face, the group noted with start how extreme and deep the resemblance between Lia and Kaiba is. "Yes, I am. But that doesn't stop this duel!" Realizing how young she looked without her disguise, Lia flipped her hair. "What? I learned all my techniques and skills from my world dueling champion brother. I have a chance, you know." "But why?" Yami's deep, reasonable voice wanted to know. "That part is none of your business." Lia snapped. "Just duel, or give me your star chips." "Wow, you are as hard and cold as your brother." Joey remarked, speaking for the first time. "I'll take that as a compliment." She answered coolly. "Fine, if you all really want to know, Yugi broke up our family. Now that Seto is gone, Pegasus wants to take over KaibaCorp!" "Pegasus wants KaibaCorp?!" Yami leaned forward, his deep voice demanding. Lia nodded, remembering back to the day that Kaiba missed the tournament: "Big brother.? Why are you still doing here? You're going to be late for the tournament." Lia came into her brother's office, concerned. "I'm not going, Lia." "Why not? You love to duel, Seto!" A thud could be heard as Kaiba set down his deck of cards. The cards had scattered. "No.I don't I.just can't.after what happened.I just can't duel anymore." "But big brother! Dueling has always been your life! Why are you just throwing it all away?!" "Lia.I.I just don't know.anymore.I used to think that.it was all power, but after that." "It was that duel with Yugi, isn't it?! He did this to you!" Lia said accusingly, her dark eyes were burning yet held a cold, icy look. "No, Lia.I.he." "Seto!! You had always told me that there was a power in the cards and that power is all there is to it. That's what you had always thought." "I don't know what I think, anymore Lia." He stood up and shuffled his papers, setting them into his briefcase. He looked toward the door and saw Mokuba standing there. "Here, keep this, Mokuba," Kaiba had said, flicking a card at Mokuba. "It's always been your favorite." "Big brother.?" Mokuba's voice trailed off as he stared at the card in his hands. Kaiba placed the rest of his deck of cards on Lia's palm. "Here, Lia, keep this. I know you'll take good care of it." Kaiba turned and walked toward the door. He opened it and looked back, his eyes softened and his voice gentled. "I have to go somewhere Lia.I'm not sure when I'll come back, but.Don't try to find me." "Seto.please." Lia pleaded, clutching the cards in her hand. "Take care of yourself, Lia. You too, Mokuba." Then, he was gone. Right after, the executives of KaibaCorp gathered together with Pegasus, coming up with a plan to take over KaibaCorp. "You beat my brother at a duel, now he's not himself anymore! He abandoned me and Mokuba." Lia flung accusingly at Yami. "He didn't abandon you, Lia. He was only trying to find himself." Yami told Lia in his wise tone of voice. "After I beat him in a duel, I discarded all the evil thoughts that had clogged up in his mind. Now he just isn't sure about himself. He wants to do what's right, but he isn't sure what. We're not enemies, you know, Pegasus has my grandfather." Yami continued. "We can help each other, but you'll have to trust me first." That sounded reasonable enough, but Kaiba hadn't trusted anyone. Should she take this chance? As she thought about it, she tucked her hair back into the cap and prepared to conceal herself once again. "Yeah, we are trustworthy." Joey encouraged. Lia looked at the group. They weren't bad people, really. She was about to say something, but was interrupted by a loud racket. "There's the little runt!" Two men dressed in black suits burst through the bushes, no doubt Pegasus's associates. Yugi's group had no idea what was happening. They watched as Lia gave a squeal, collected the cards, and jumped off the platform. She would have made it into the forest if it hadn't been Yugi's backpack lying on the ground. Lia tripped over the backpack and lost her balance. She caught her balance but her chance slipped. The two men thundered toward her. "You little punk!" The first man roughly shook her. "Do you really think you'll escape from Mr. Pegasus's castle?" "Hey, watch how you're handling her! You can't shake a girl like that!" Tristan proclaimed as he rushed forward, ready to make a judo move on him. But Lia didn't need his help. Expertly, she karate chopped his chest, leaving his short of air, then punched him in the jaw, the way Kaiba had taught her. He staggered away from her. Unfortunate for her, the second man was Kemo, who was at least twice her size and five times her weight. He swung her under one arm. She heard Pegasus's voice from Kemo's walky-talky. "Pegasus to Kemo. Seto Kaiba has gotten away, don't loose the little one, no matter what." "Understood. You're coming with me." Kemo stated before turning to the group. "You punks are obviously misunderstood, this little troublemaker is a he and he's special guest of Mr. Pegasus. He is to join him for dinner tonight. We are on search for Miss Lia, a special favorite of Mr. Pegasus's." "No, you're mistaken, you big needlehead." Joey was flaring up again. "That is--" "Joey, wait." Yami, who noticed Lia's panicked expression, stopped Joey. The two associates didn't notice any of this. They were already gone. "Was that really the famous Lia?" Joey and Tristan asked in unison as soon as they noticed she was gone. "The sister that Kaiba was always so protective about?" "I saw her on TV after she won the national beauty pageant. Her muscles were well toned from ballet and dancing." Tèa added, without a hint of jealousy in her voice. "She is really pretty." "Yeah, but you're still the best, Tèa." Joey said easily, casually dropping an arm across her shoulder. "Yeah, no one can take your place. You're our friend." Yugi put in, turning back to his regular self. "But there is something terribly wrong with Lia. It looks like she's a prisoner of Pegasus."
"They can't do this!" Lia thought frantically as she made her way down to the ground from the bed sheet ropes she had made. From her room, where Pegasus had kept her prisoner for a day, it was quite far from ground. At least he was gentleman enough to give her a room and not an underground dungeon, like he did with Mokuba. They might decide to do that if they find her after she escapes. "They can't take away KaibaCorp." She thought angrily. "That belongs to Seto fair and square. Pegasus just can't take it away!" Landing lightly on her feet, fourteen-year-old Lia Kaiba gathered her brother's cards and raced into the forest of the Duelist Kingdom. "Thank God I have Seto's deck of cards in my hands. I've seen him play enough. If I can find Yugi and challenge him to a battle, I might have a chance to save everything." Lia doesn't care if Kaiba had always said that it was her beauty that led her to win every game she played, she was going to win, whether it was from her beauty or her skills. She personally think herself not that big of a deal. She has light honey colored hair and soft, shining dark midnight blue eyes, which seems to run in the Kaiba family, and elegant appearances. Sure, she's had plenty of admirers that Seto threatened to beat them off for her. Six-feet-two and broad shouldered, Seto's got eyes that are like two pieces of the midnight blue ocean. They've got a determined and hard set to them, like the rest of his finely drawn, but dark, features. He looks beyond his age of sixteen--tough, cool, smart, and confident. Though he's the wealthy CEO of his own multinational high-tech corporation, his real passion lay in the world of Duel Monsters. He is an expert in the art of dueling. While both Lia and Kaiba shared the same hair color of chestnut brown, though in different shades, their younger ten-year-old brother, Mokuba, had a wild head of jet-black hair. Both of them saw no evil in Kaiba. Instead, both Mokuba and Lia idolized Kaiba and saw only his good side. Both of them were so devoted to their big bro, that they pledged to avenge anyone who crosses him. Good old big brother Seto, who had taken care of them over the past years they were in an orphanage. Seto was cute and a genius and everybody wanted to adopt him, but Seto wouldn't even hear of it. He insisted on staying in the orphanage until all three of them could be adopted together. Seto has done too much for them. Now is the chance that Lia could return something back to Seto. She was going to stop Pegasus from taking over KaibaCorp. Her brother had worked too hard for it and Pegasus isn't going to take it away now.
Pegasus was eating cheese and drinking raspberry juice, laughing over his favorite comic book when the news of the escapee came. "Where do they get their ideas?" He chuckled to himself, flipping a page. "Master Pegasus," Croquet, Pegasus's right hand man, stood at the door. Pegasus looked up, precariously irritated. "Fetch more cheese, the finest fruit juice and a few more of my favorite comic books. You do know that I cherish times like this more than anything, don't you?" He demanded. "A thousand apologies, sir," the blue-haired co-worker apologized. "But our prisoner had just ran away." "Which one?" "Miss Lia Kaiba, sir." "It's too bad she didn't appreciate my generous hospitality. Tell Kemo to go after her. She is to join me for dinner. I know exactly where she'll be. She'll search out for young Yugi, then challenge him to a duel. Tell Kemo to fetch the little runt disguised with a cap and scarf." "Yes, sir." "And check up on the youngest Kaiba in the cell while you're at it." "Yes, sir."
"Come on, admit it, Tristan." Joey Wheeler drawled lazily in his Brooklyn accent. "You know that you wouldn't stand a chance battling me." "Look who's talking, at least I wasn't the one who lost five time to Tèa." Tristan stabbed back. Yugi could see Joey's hot temper flaring up. Joey use to be a tough and wild street kid, and still hasn't really lost his quick temper yet. They walked through the woods. "Will you two just cool it?" Tèa cut in good-naturedly. "Both of you are equally good." If there was a peacemaker in this group, it was the sweet, faithful Tèa. Téa was the one voice of reason amongst the hotheaded group of boys and often has to try and bail her friends out of trouble. Though she isn't the most professional with dueling monsters, Tèa made up what she lacked with loyalty, encouragement, and cheerfulness. "Besides, I think I heard something." "Oh, all you girls are the same." Joey scoffed. "Getting scared over nothing." That earned him a smack on the back of the head by Tristan. "What kind of attitude is that?!" Tristan demanded. "Tèa is scared and nervous, we should protect her. Téa, why are you scared? You got all of us to protect you." "Yeah, but who's protecting you? " Tèa retorted, unconvinced. "All I said was that you two should stop fighting. We're near Pegasus's castle. If those were his men I just heard, no telling what they would do. You know how rough Kemo is." "She's right." Yugi said willingly. "I don't think it's Kemo, though, I think it's just--" "Are you Yugi Muto?" An ice-cold voice slashed through the air. They turned. Standing behind them was a person with a cap and a handkerchief over her mouth, only her eyes showed. But the intense eyes bothered Yugi. They looked desperately familiar but he just couldn't place them. Before he could answer, Joey interrupted, "Yeah, he is. But wadaya want with him?" "If you are, then I challenge you to a duel!" The person ignored the sandy blonde. "What?!" The whole group was shocked. "But Yugi doesn't even know you!" Tèa protested. The person gave a cold chuckle. "After I beat Yugi, you guys will remember me forever." "There is something about him, something that I can't grasp between my finger. I know him..." Yugi's mind was working. "What makes you think you'll win?" Tristan retorted defiantly. The person shrugged. "The only way you'll find out is to duel me, Yugi Muto!" "Then it's time to duel!" Yugi agreed as the Millennium Puzzle piece transformed into Yami Yugi. "Hmm...yes, I do sensed the feeling that this person has a connection to Kaiba." Yami told himself, his eyes fastened on him competitor. "What does Yugi know that we don't?" Tèa said, staring into Yami's intense eyes which was fastened on the mysterious opponent. The Millennium Eye from his puzzle was shining from his forehead. "My first card is going to be..." The opponent drew a card. "...The Blue-Eye-White-Dragon!" He announced, slamming a card down. Joey, Tristan, and Tèa were speechless with shock. How could she possibly have gotten a Blue-Eye-White-Dragon?! Meanwhile, the wheels in Yami's mind turned and rotated. His eyes narrowed into thoughtful slits. The only person who owns all three of the Blue-Eye-White-Dragon cards were... "You're Kaiba's little sister--Lia!" Yami suddenly declared, noticing his opponent's figure. Though wearing a trench coat, there was no mistake that she was a girl. Knowing her plan was up, Lia pulled off her veil and cap, letting a long cascade of long taffy colored hair descend. Through the hair, the icy dark blue eyes, and the finely chiseled features of her face, the group noted with start how extreme and deep the resemblance between Lia and Kaiba is. "Yes, I am. But that doesn't stop this duel!" Realizing how young she looked without her disguise, Lia flipped her hair. "What? I learned all my techniques and skills from my world dueling champion brother. I have a chance, you know." "But why?" Yami's deep, reasonable voice wanted to know. "That part is none of your business." Lia snapped. "Just duel, or give me your star chips." "Wow, you are as hard and cold as your brother." Joey remarked, speaking for the first time. "I'll take that as a compliment." She answered coolly. "Fine, if you all really want to know, Yugi broke up our family. Now that Seto is gone, Pegasus wants to take over KaibaCorp!" "Pegasus wants KaibaCorp?!" Yami leaned forward, his deep voice demanding. Lia nodded, remembering back to the day that Kaiba missed the tournament: "Big brother.? Why are you still doing here? You're going to be late for the tournament." Lia came into her brother's office, concerned. "I'm not going, Lia." "Why not? You love to duel, Seto!" A thud could be heard as Kaiba set down his deck of cards. The cards had scattered. "No.I don't I.just can't.after what happened.I just can't duel anymore." "But big brother! Dueling has always been your life! Why are you just throwing it all away?!" "Lia.I.I just don't know.anymore.I used to think that.it was all power, but after that." "It was that duel with Yugi, isn't it?! He did this to you!" Lia said accusingly, her dark eyes were burning yet held a cold, icy look. "No, Lia.I.he." "Seto!! You had always told me that there was a power in the cards and that power is all there is to it. That's what you had always thought." "I don't know what I think, anymore Lia." He stood up and shuffled his papers, setting them into his briefcase. He looked toward the door and saw Mokuba standing there. "Here, keep this, Mokuba," Kaiba had said, flicking a card at Mokuba. "It's always been your favorite." "Big brother.?" Mokuba's voice trailed off as he stared at the card in his hands. Kaiba placed the rest of his deck of cards on Lia's palm. "Here, Lia, keep this. I know you'll take good care of it." Kaiba turned and walked toward the door. He opened it and looked back, his eyes softened and his voice gentled. "I have to go somewhere Lia.I'm not sure when I'll come back, but.Don't try to find me." "Seto.please." Lia pleaded, clutching the cards in her hand. "Take care of yourself, Lia. You too, Mokuba." Then, he was gone. Right after, the executives of KaibaCorp gathered together with Pegasus, coming up with a plan to take over KaibaCorp. "You beat my brother at a duel, now he's not himself anymore! He abandoned me and Mokuba." Lia flung accusingly at Yami. "He didn't abandon you, Lia. He was only trying to find himself." Yami told Lia in his wise tone of voice. "After I beat him in a duel, I discarded all the evil thoughts that had clogged up in his mind. Now he just isn't sure about himself. He wants to do what's right, but he isn't sure what. We're not enemies, you know, Pegasus has my grandfather." Yami continued. "We can help each other, but you'll have to trust me first." That sounded reasonable enough, but Kaiba hadn't trusted anyone. Should she take this chance? As she thought about it, she tucked her hair back into the cap and prepared to conceal herself once again. "Yeah, we are trustworthy." Joey encouraged. Lia looked at the group. They weren't bad people, really. She was about to say something, but was interrupted by a loud racket. "There's the little runt!" Two men dressed in black suits burst through the bushes, no doubt Pegasus's associates. Yugi's group had no idea what was happening. They watched as Lia gave a squeal, collected the cards, and jumped off the platform. She would have made it into the forest if it hadn't been Yugi's backpack lying on the ground. Lia tripped over the backpack and lost her balance. She caught her balance but her chance slipped. The two men thundered toward her. "You little punk!" The first man roughly shook her. "Do you really think you'll escape from Mr. Pegasus's castle?" "Hey, watch how you're handling her! You can't shake a girl like that!" Tristan proclaimed as he rushed forward, ready to make a judo move on him. But Lia didn't need his help. Expertly, she karate chopped his chest, leaving his short of air, then punched him in the jaw, the way Kaiba had taught her. He staggered away from her. Unfortunate for her, the second man was Kemo, who was at least twice her size and five times her weight. He swung her under one arm. She heard Pegasus's voice from Kemo's walky-talky. "Pegasus to Kemo. Seto Kaiba has gotten away, don't loose the little one, no matter what." "Understood. You're coming with me." Kemo stated before turning to the group. "You punks are obviously misunderstood, this little troublemaker is a he and he's special guest of Mr. Pegasus. He is to join him for dinner tonight. We are on search for Miss Lia, a special favorite of Mr. Pegasus's." "No, you're mistaken, you big needlehead." Joey was flaring up again. "That is--" "Joey, wait." Yami, who noticed Lia's panicked expression, stopped Joey. The two associates didn't notice any of this. They were already gone. "Was that really the famous Lia?" Joey and Tristan asked in unison as soon as they noticed she was gone. "The sister that Kaiba was always so protective about?" "I saw her on TV after she won the national beauty pageant. Her muscles were well toned from ballet and dancing." Tèa added, without a hint of jealousy in her voice. "She is really pretty." "Yeah, but you're still the best, Tèa." Joey said easily, casually dropping an arm across her shoulder. "Yeah, no one can take your place. You're our friend." Yugi put in, turning back to his regular self. "But there is something terribly wrong with Lia. It looks like she's a prisoner of Pegasus."