Chapter 2: Confronting Kaiba

Seto walked into the shop with a silver suitcase, walking right past everybody and going straight to Yugi's grandfather and Stacey's uncle.
The way he shoved everybody out of the way, she could tell he was one mean ass.
"Hey! what the hell's your problem, dude?" She asked him, since he was really close to her now.
No response, but she could hear his breathing becoming uneven. "What are you doing here, Kaiba?" Joey asked him, trying to get his attention.

"Not that it's any of your business, but I'm here to trade." he finally replied, but in a very arrogant tone. "You play, too? cool, maybe we could duel sometime!" Joey suggested eagerly. "Me? duel you? I'd have a bigger challenge playing Solitaire." He said so snob-like. Okay, now she was starting to hate him.
"I'm the #1 duelist and the favorite to win the Duel Monsters Championship. you wouldn't last two minutes in a duel with me."

"Alright Mister Cocky, maybe you'd like to settle with fists instead of cards!" Joey said, clenching his fists and getting near Seto's face.

Yugi ran in between them, throwing his hands in the air and trying to make peace. a smirk played on Seto's face, then his eyes wandered around until he met Stacey's. his little smile dropped a bit, staring at her. arrogant or not, she had to admit the guy was hot even though he wasn't her type. But there was something in the way he stared at her, his eyes softened and his expression calmed, like he was trying to pull her in. then Yugi's voice broke the trance she was in.

"Calm down Joey!" Yugi shouted. "But Yugi, Kaiba's asking for it!" Joey said, giving Seto such a death glare, which was such a turn on to Stacey. "Alright, enough! does this shop have any worth while cards or not?" Seto said, then his eyes fell on the dragon card that was in her hands. he tried to pull it out of her grip, but failed miserably. "The Blue Eyes White Dragon in a dump like this?!"

"No manners for the spoiled kid, huh?" She asked. Again, no response. she handed the card back to her uncle and he put it away.
Seto growled when she did that and pushed her away from the front counter, setting down his brief case. Mr. Muto yelped a little,
he thought it would hurt him, but he just opened it up, showing so many cards.

"Listen old man, give me your blue eyes and I'll give you all of these." he said in an aggravated tone.

Everybody oh-ed and aw-ed at the cards in Kaiba's suitcase, Stacey guessed they were really good cards. Mr. Muto just smiled at him and said,
"Thanks, but no thanks." Everybody gasped in shock a little, but she didn't. he's a businessman with that kind of horrible attitude?
no wonder he doesn't do business often.

"Fine if you won't trade, then name your price. I can pay for anything you ask!" He asked, almost pleadingly.

"I'm sure you could, but this card means more to me than you can ever offer. not because of what card it is, but what it represents.
this card was given to me by a dear friend. and I treasure this card as much as I treasure him. so parting with it is simply out of the question."

Stacey smiled. no wonder why he didn't want to give it up, hell, she wouldn't give it up either. but judging by the look on Kaiba's face,
he didn't like that answer. "Fine, I've heard enough! but I'll get it either way!" he yelled while he left the shop, slamming the door.
Ugh! he's so infuriating! how can someone so hot, be so selfish and cruel?!

Since Stacey had no way of getting back home, due to her parents always working late, Yugi let her stay at his house with him and his grandfather, since they were family, he was so sweet. but since she had to go to that high school, she had to wear those ugly uniforms.
she hated pink, since it was not her color. She got a good night's sleep, since she hardly didn't get any from being dragged there.

School basically dragged on, but Yugi did teach her a little about the game. It was so fun, now she wanted a deck of her own.

After school, all of them went to the game shop, Yugi was going to help her and Joey start assembling their decks.
They walked into the store, he wasn't there. he didn't answer when they shouted out for him.
Then the weirdest thing happened, the phone rang and since she was the closest, she answered. "Game Shop?"

"Your voice is so beautiful, even through the phone, Stacey." She knew that voice, it was Kaiba. She almost dropped the phone, since it was his first time talking to her. "What do you want, you pig? and where's Yugi's grandfather and my uncle, Seto?" She asked, harshly.
Everybody gasped when she said that, and moved closer to her.
But Joey laughed when she called Kaiba a pig, seeing as he knew that Stacey would never fall for an arrogant, rich prick like him in a million years.

"He's visiting me, but he's not feeling so well. so why not come and get him? I want to see you again, Stacey. and I love the way you say my name." Then Joey's voice was heard loudly in the background: "Never in a million years, ya arrogant rich boy!"
That was all he said and then he hung up before she could finish what Joey had started. it was easy finding Kaiba Corp. since it wasn't that long of a drive. they all ran in, jumping on the elevator, trying to find him. top floor, the door opens, revealing Solomon on the floor.

Yugi ran to his side and so did she, how could Seto stoop so low? harming her cousin's grandfather and her uncle just to get one stupid card?!

"Are you okay, Uncle Solomon?" She asked. "Yugi, Stacey, I failed. I wanted to teach Kaiba about the heart of the cards, but I failed." he said,
she could hear the pain in his voice. Grabbing his arm, she tried to help him up, but he stumbled back to the floor.
"I was about to worry you wouldn't show up, tell me how is he doing?" She looked up to see him, a smug look of victory on his face.

She got up and walked towards him, letting him see the anger and disappointment in her face.

"What did you do to him, you arrogant ass?" She asked, getting closer to him. it was taking so much strength not to murder him.
"We just dueled, that's all. each of us put up our most valuable cards as the prize. I guess playing against me was just too much for the old fool."
"You should be ashamed of yourself, Kaiba!" Téa shouted from behind her. "Hey, it was fair. and look at the sweet prize I won."

He held up the dragon card in his hands and tore it in half. She gasped, why go through all that trouble to get a card and then tear it apart?!

"Why did you do that?" "This card may be rare and powerful, but at least this one will never be used against me."

That did it, she ran to him and lunged at him. but instead of her clawing at him and punching him, he grabbed both of her wrists just holding her. She fought, but his grip was too powerful, she couldn't break free. he smirked, pulling her closer, their faces inches apart now.

"A little eager aren't we?" he whispered. "Hey, let her go, Kaiba!" Yugi yelled, holding cards in his hand. He let her go alright,
right into one of his men. "I'll let you take her, if you beat me in a duel."
"Take him, Yugi! and we'll get your grandpa and her uncle to the hospital!" Joey shouted. Then came one of those weird times for her again.

She felt her body change a little, like another presence was taking over her. While Seto led them to another room, she kicked and tried to free
herself from the goon, but he didn't even budge. She wanted to be near Yugi now, to cheer for him, to make sure he was okay and that he beat Kaiba. The arena was huge, she thought it was just a card game until she saw this.

"Let's duel, Kaiba!" She heard a voice, but it wasn't her cousin's. she looked around to see where it was coming from, but when she saw Yugi,
it shocked her. he looked so different, a little taller, his eyes were more focused and serious, and he looked older.
"Come on Yugi, win this." She said, but that wasn't her voice. she went from sounding like a teen girl to sounding like Cherami Leigh.

"Whoa, what's up with your voice, Stacey?" she heard Joey say next to her. "Same thing that happened with Yugi's, I guess." She said.

"Yeah, his Millennium Puzzle does some weird things to him. AAAHHH!" He shouted. She looked out at the arena, there was a monster from one of the cards. Yugi called another monster on the field, a blue dragon, which attacked Seto's giant. his life points went down to 200.
Then she heard a small voice from the other side where Seto was. "Big brother! are you okay?"

She saw a small boy around maybe eleven or twelve, unruly long black hair and a long-sleeved striped shirt. with Kaiba bringing out a very creepy-looking clown, it destroyed Yugi's dragon, and he destroyed another in defense mode, not looking so well for Yugi.
"You're not doing any better than the old man, Yugi." Seto taunted. "At least I believe in the heart of the cards, I doubt you have that much faith in your cards, Kaiba."
Pulling out Gaia The Fierce Knight, he destroyed the clown. but then came a card none of them saw coming.

"Here's the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" "That's impossible!" She yelled.
"Did you think that your grandfather was the only one with a Blue Eyes?" The attack from the dragon killed Gaia and his life points were dropping. "And let's raise the stakes a little? how will Stacey go back home with two Blue Eyes in my deck?"

Out popped another dragon, leaving Yugi speechless. and by bringing out three dragons, now that was just showing off.
"Don't let him get to you Yugi, you can win!" Joey yelled. The next card that Yugi draws decides the fate of the match.

"Have faith in him, Stacey." She heard that voice in her head again, the same voice she talked with now. She guessed the spirit in her
Millennium Anklet knows better than she does, and she shares that connection with Yugi, since we were cousins. then something came out,
EXODIA! destroying the dragons on the field, Yugi had won! "No way! my brother never loses!" said the little boy.

"How could I have lost?!"Seto shouted. "Open your mind, Kaiba and see what the heart of the cards mean." Yugi said.
Seto fell to his knees, then waved to the man to let her go.
She saw Yugi slowly return to normal and so did she as they left to the hospital, leaving Kaiba and his brother in the arena.

A/N: Chapter 2 and the debut of Yugi and Stacey's millennium counterparts, Yami and Stacia. Next couple of chapters will introduce
the other duelist members of the Wheeler family, the Gardener family and the Devlin family. So be prepared!