I'd like to give special thanks to Peach Wookie for helping me with this story. She was a great help, and without her I think this story would be much worse off.


The first time Seto Kaiba saw her, he didn't realize that he saw her. He was stopped at a traffic light while being chauffeured to work in his long black limousine. This traffic light was by the coast of Domino City, on one of the only beaches in town. As the last day of summer, many high school students were laid out on the beach and splashing in the cool Pacific water.

She was too far away for him to make out any real details. Her long hair could have been dark brown, dark red, or even black. Her skin was white porcelain, which made her black bikini stick out against it. She stepped along the pale sand lightly, barefooted. He could not see her face, as she walked away from him. At an empty beach towel she tripped, but quickly picked herself up and stepped lightly across the sand once more. And then the traffic light turned green, and he lost sight of the beach – and her.

The owner of the towel would find out half an hour later that a considerable portion of cash from his wallet was missing.


The first time Yugi Mutou saw him was at that same beach, but at a different time. Dreading the deadly approach of school, he was there with Jou, Anzu, and Honda. He was relishing how good Anzu looked in a bikini, sprawled on her pink towel to tan, when Jou nudged his shoulder.

"Yo, check out that chick."

Yugi had barely enough time to look up before she had passed him. He saw long dark hair in a ponytail, white porcelain skin, and a black bikini. Her nails, he saw, were painted dark red. He watched her go, and soon after, Jou pointed out another "hot chick."

Yugi faintly wondered who she was. She didn't seem much older than them, if not the same age. He wondered if perhaps she would go to their school. He wondered if she played Duel Monsters. He wondered if she was Japanese. He wondered if she liked apples.

He stared out at the ocean for a while. The rush of the waves was soothing, and he was acutely aware when Anzu turned over to tan her back. The soft ocean spray cooled his face, and he breathed deeply the smell of salt water. He wished summer would never end.


I know I have other stories. But I couldn't get this idea out of my head. Hope you enjoyed.