This is a thought I had at about 2:30am on May 9th, 2005. I thought it would make a nice one-shot story. After getting a few requests for another chapter, I've decided to write several little stories instead.

What truly happens after the Memories saga of Yu-Gi-Oh! - instead of GX. Two years after the end of Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Kaiba Moves On With His Life

Kaiba sits in his office at Kaiba Corp., looking at some of his once-valuable cards. He sighs.

"Big Brother, what's wrong?" Mokuba asks.

"Business is bad..." Kaiba says without looking up. "I had all the latest Duel Monsters game technology! I was on top - one of the world's top Duelists!..." Kaiba says, clenching his free hand into a fist. "And now Duel Monsters is yesterday's news...!" Kaiba says, carelessly scattering the ultra-rare cards onto the floor.

"But there's so many new games now. You can still be a world champion! Kaiba Corp. can design more software for today's games and get back on top!" Mokuba tells him.

"They're not the same... as Duel Monsters..." Kaiba says. "Duel Monsters was my expertise. I've been playing for eight years. And now it's nothing. It was a big part of my life, Mokuba... How can I just forget about it?..."

"C'mon, Seto... Another game will become just as important to you, you'll see..." Mokuba says.

"But it wasn't just another game..." Kaiba tells him, with a hint of sadness in his eyes. He picks up his deck from the desk. "I'm just not ready to move on yet." Kaiba says and stands up. "I need some time to think..." Kaiba explains, putting on a jacket. Mokuba watches as Kaiba walks out the door - not even bothering to pick up the rare cards that he tossed to the floor earlier.

Kaiba gets off of a plane in Egypt and goes to the museum where the only copy of the ancient tablet is kept. He doesn't truly know why he came; his heart guided him to this place. Ishizu lets him pass by her without a word. He enters the dimly lit room, his footsteps echoing as he walks toward the tablet. He stops in the center of the floor. Kaiba looks at the tablet for several minutes and then slides his duel disk onto his arm expertly, without even looking.

Atem's presence fills the room without explanation, but Kaiba knew he would be here. "I've come to duel you... one last time..." Kaiba says and activates his duel disk.

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I got some parts of this from the show - the part with Kaiba in his office came from the episode when Mokuba remembered Kaiba and himself at Kaiba Corp. and Kaiba left him saying that he doesn't know who he is anymore.

The idea also came from my own feelings about Yu-Gi-Oh! ending soon.

It was a daydream I had and I seem to be able to say more what I wanted to in a dream then in my true fanfiction...