Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Sorry for meddling with the actual storyline and throwing the universal path of time and space off balance.

I just wanted to write a fan fiction. :( I promise I'll try not to divide by zero.

Um, just read and review, please. It was my birthday a week ago. I'm 19! :)

Chapter 1

"Wait," said Vivian. "You might not want to do that."

Meanwhile, her opponent's Dark Paladin, with all three spell counters glowing fiercely, readied for the fatal attack on her Dragon Lady, closing the duel.

Yami eyed her suspiciously. "And why not? Surely this will cause your defeat." Usually when an adversary of his pulled one more trick out of his or her hat before the final assault, it was intended to turn the duel around in their favor.

"Because," Vivian sneered, a sneaky grin across her red lips, "attacking my Dragon Lady will cause the destruction of Kaiba's company!"

This had shocked Yami and the gang. Yami kept his face neutral, careful to not let her see him falter. "What do you mean?"

"In my Dragon Lady card, there's a devastating virus that can and will wipe out all of Kaiba Corporation's data ever recorded. Once you destroy it, you will cause a breakout of this virus and it will spread to all computer networks linked in this company! This is a brilliant plan, yes?" She hopped on the table, clapping her hands with childish glee, as the group gasped in bewilderment, "now you'll have to surrender to me!"

"You're all talk!" Joey shouted from one of the surrounding tables. "There ain't no viruses in that card! Don't listen to 'er, Yug', take her down!"

Vivian seemed frustrated at the blonde's interference. "If you don't believe me, then all you have to do is attack and find out!"

Meanwhile, Dark Paladin was about to issue his attack on Dragon Lady, who stood her ground, facing the oncoming assault fearlessly. Suddenly Yami felt torn; though it was possible that Vivian was indeed deceiving him to get her way, he knew that the other possibility – that she was telling the truth – would be too devastating to risk. Kaiba Corporation is the fuel to Domino's stable economic status, and with another villain out to destroy the company, he had no room to put it in anymore jeopardy. Though if he were to throw the duel, he would be putting Yugi's grandfather at risk for permanent injury. And, of course, he would have to endure a likely unpleasant... outing... with this crazy woman. Despite the very thought making him shudder, Yami considered this consequence the least of his worries. He would go on a thousand dates, with a thousand crazy women, to keep Yugi and his friends and family safe.

"Stop," Yami quietly ordered his monster, just before the swing of his mighty staff, "stop the attack." He grudgingly placed his hand over the deck on his duel disk. "I surrender. Vivian, you win."

"But, Yugi!" Duke shouted, though the duel was already done. Dark Paladin ceased his attack and both he and Dragon Lady, with all other cards on the field, faded away. The duelists' duel disks hummed a bit before shutting off and folding back to the compact position. Both Vivian and Yami hopped down from the tables – Yami looked quite resentful, while Vivian had the widest grin plastered on her face.

"I won, I won!" Vivian exclaimed with an excited squeal, clapping her hands together once again.

"You know," Yami grumbled, wanting so much to strangle her, "I would congratulate you on an honest and well-deserved victory; however it was neither honest nor well-deserved, which could only barely count as a victory at all." Both he and the gang knew that was the watered-down version of what he really wanted to say to her; they all knew he hated losing, especially to dishonest opponents.

"Oh, hush," Vivian whispered, latching her arm to his, not at all phased by his remarks. "Let's not worry about that. Let's just worry about you and me." She batted her eyelashes, hoping to distract him with her feminine charm. Much to her surprise, he did not seem at all interested. She could try other tactics later; after all, she had him for the rest of the day – exclusively.

Yami desperately tried to find a way to get himself out of her hold, when he noticed Yugi's grandfather still lying in on the floor, clutching his back with his bottom high in the air. Remembering the agreement he had made prior to the duel, he felt obligated to make sure Mr. Mutou gets help from at least someone else. With this in mind, he gently slid his arm out of hers and took a few steps away, feeling slightly less uncomfortable the further he got from her.

"I have to go see if my grandpa's alright," he stated, eager to get away from her, "please excuse me." Leaving the woman slightly taken aback, Yami raced to the old man on the ground, who was still moaning in discomfort. Joey and Tristan quickly joined him, and Tea was calling an ambulance. Her back was turned to everyone else, so they don't see the extreme irritation with Vivian written all over her face.

Meanwhile, the two Yugi's stood in the soul room "hallway", and Yugi pulled a silver coin out of his pocket and flicked it into the air. He caught it between the back of his left hand and the palm of his right hand. Heads or tails?

[Heads,] said the older of the two.

Yugi grinned widely. Ah, that's too bad, Yami. It's tails. Enjoy your date with Vivian, while I watch from here.

[Ugh, fine,] Yami grumbled. He was hoping to win the coin toss so Yugi would have to take his place with Vivian – unfortunately, he was the King of Games, not the King of Luck. Now back in the real world with Vivian on his arm again, he sorely regretted not bewitching that coin...

To be continued...