Malik slowly brushed his hair out of his eyes, immediately earning many sighs from his watching admirers.

"Have you ever seen anything as fine as him?" Sarah Lynn, a journalist, murmured to her friend, her eyes hungrily devouring Malik's appearance once again.

"Maybe," her unimpressed friend replied. "He looks too much like a girl for my taste. All those jewelry he always wear is wayyyyy unattractive, but I have to admit….he is really diplomatic."

"I know, Cher!" Sarah squealed. "His meeting with England was a success again! And if that's not enough, he has a lot of other talents…"

Cher's eyes narrowed. "I'm not sure I want to hear this."

Sarah's eyes widened innocently. "Well, I don't know about what talents you're talking about," she said, giggling slightly. "Although what I wouldn't give to just know a little more about them…"

"The point, please?"

"Fine!" Sarah said grumpily. "He can fluently speak many different languages, his muscles are just divine, and his dueling skills are superb! Rumor has it that Yugi Moto, the King of Games, only won in his match against Malik because Malik forfeited!"

Cher smiled. Sarah published an article about that topic a while ago, and the reaction of Kaiba Corp's CEO was priceless. Although he didn't deny it, it was still funny seeing his reaction whenever someone brought that article up.

"He left," Sarah said mournfully.

"I guess we can also finally go now?" Cher asked impatiently.

"Fine, Miss Meanie," Sarah said, before they exited the building.

***

"250!" Yugi gasped, before collapsing on his plush carpet floor in relief. He just finished his brutal daily exercise regime of three miles in Domino Park, swimming laps in Domino Pool, and the absolute worst…one-handed pushups in his home. It was the only part of his exercise regime he did privately, because anyone would laugh themselves silly at his strained expression whenever he did pushups.

'At least they're worth it,' Yugi thought rather happily. He got a lot less cramps during dueling now, and Tea might like them…

"Oh yeah, Tea!!!" Yugi shouted frantically. He sped off to his bathroom, took a quick shower, and sped out again. Tea was coming back today….

***

"Is she here yet?" Joey asked for the umpteenth time.

"NO!!!!" Shrieked Tristan in exasperation.

"Tristan!!!!" Berated Bakura, shocked. Whether Bakura's surprise was at Tristan's sudden change to a face full of prominent veins, or his high-pitched, only Bakura knew.

Serenity, meanwhile, was sitting serenely side-by-side with Duke, former playboy. Their faces were pressed closely together. "This reminds me of the time you finally came back from that business conference," she whispered sweetly to him. "That was our first kiss. Do you remember?"

"How could I forget?" Duke smiled back at her. His black ponytail was gone in favor of a shorter, more professional hairstyle. "And you looked simply stunning in that green dress of yours…" The couple then realized that it was suspiciously silent in their immediate vicinity.

"IS SHE HERE YET?!?" Tristan screamed in an even higher tenor than before.

BAM!!! "Shut up!" Kaiba yelled, swinging his briefcase of doom in full circle to bring it by his side again.

"Gah…" Tristan moaned from the ground.

"Hehe." Mai couldn't help giggling.

"Remind me why you're here again?" Joey grumbled quietly, glaring at Kaiba out of the corner of his eyes. Although the statement was meant only for himself and a hopeful laugh from Mai, Kaiba still noticed.

"What did you say?" He asked venomously.

"Please don't fight…it will be very bad for your public image, Kaiba," said Yugi, knowing that Kaibacorp was more important to Kaiba than Joey's health.

A vein twitched on Kaiba's forehead.

"Yu…Yugi?"

"Tea?" Yugi turned around dramatically slowly, making Tea giggle. Then, time seemed to stop for both of them.

'She looks beautiful,' Yugi thought dazedly. 'Her hair is as long as Serenity's now…and she seems to have changed her style in America…' His eyes wandered over Tea's silk indigo blouse, before he realized what he was doing and stopped himself immediately with a blush.

"It's so good to see you, Tea," he murmured, before pulling Tea into a tight embrace.

'His arms are as strong as my dance partner's now,' Tea thought faintly. 'But Yugi's are more slender. And that's not the only thing that's changed…when did Yugi's voice get so deep? And confident? He seems just like Yami now….'

"Whatever you do, don't make out," Kaiba groaned. "I have enough disturbing pictures of Mai and Joey stuck in my head, thanks."

Four people blushed. "Will you stop bringing up that magazine!" Joey stormed.

"You read a tabloid about Joey and Mai?" Tea asked, surprised.

"OF COURSE NOT!!!"

"Then…" Tea decided to switch the topic. "Why are you here with Yugi?"

Kaiba's left eye twitched. "Mokuba. He is coming back from a Capsule Monsters tournament in the US."

Tea still seemed confused, so Joey supplied the rest of the story.

"Public image," Joey said rather snidely. "Since Rich Boy is all grown up, people have started becoming less lenient towards his snooty attitude. It would be a delight to the paparazzi if they could catch a picture of Kaiba ignoring his former rivals when they were so close together in the same airport waiting for the same plane arrival…" Joey suddenly stopped when he noticed Kaiba's fist threateningly tightening around his briefcase.

"That was eloquent," commented Mai, winking at Joey.

"Nii-sama!"

"Mokuba!" Exclaimed Kaiba in relief. He turned around gracefully, painfully hitting Joey with his trench coat in the process. "I'm so proud of you…" It was then that Kaiba saw something that made him stop his sentence dead in its tracks.