Sorry for the delay everybody! I've been writing out of order so most of three is done already! It should be up quicker! Hope you enjoy!
"I thought you'd never get here," Mokuba said smiling at the girl in front of him. Not that his time sitting had been wasted any, though. He had finally gotten his plan for Seto all worked out in his head. Nothing was going to stop him now!
"Sorry! I told you an hour for a reason! My parents had important guests over!" she replied, embracing Mokuba tightly.
"Haha. I know and it's okay. I needed some time alone to think anyway," he said, kissing her tenderly on the lips.
"So what are we going to do today?" the girl asked, looking up at Mokuba but not letting go of him.
"Well, there's a duel monsters exhibition game I wanted to go to. I've actually already got us tickets if you want to go," Mokuba said, looking down at his girlfriend with a smile. This was all part of his master plan, but if Katie didn't want to go, he wasn't going to make her. He also had a backup plan if something failed, so everything would be okay.
"Of course I'd like to go! Is your brother going too?" she asked. Katie had only been around Seto a little bit, but she already had an opinion of him. She thought he was the biggest jerk on the face of the planet. No matter how much she tried to be nice to him, he still hated her for some unknown reason.
"No. And actually, Seto has no idea I'm going at all. He'd probably disapprove of it anyway," Mokuba said, finally taking his eyes off of Katie and staring into the distance. His brother had disapproved of a lot of things he had done recently, but he wanted that to change. He wanted him and Seto to be close again like they had been when they were younger, but right now he couldn't see how that was possible. Right now, they were just too different….
"Aw, don't worry about him," Katie said, squeezing Mokuba tighter. She really wished her boyfriend would stop worrying so much about his brother. She knew they were close and everything, but Mokuba needed to let Seto Kaiba figure out some things for himself.
"You're right. Things are going to get better with him. I'm going to make sure of it. Then things can be better for us," Mokuba said, looking back at Katie with a smile before kissing her for a second time.
"Where exactly is this match we're going to anyway?" Katie asked, finally letting go of Mokuba.
"My brother's KaibaDome. Where else?" Mokuba said with a laugh. Now that they were separate, he could finally get a good look at the girl in front of him. As usual, his girlfriend was dressed to the nines in the latest fashions from around the world. Living on an embassy with her two parents, both of which were ambassadors from Britain, Katie was exposed to all sorts of styles on a daily basis. Today, it appeared as if she was dressing in an American style with a short red tunic style dress, black leggings, and black fur boots. Her long brown hair was pulled up in a half ponytail held back with a big black bow. She was beautiful and absolutely perfect in Mokuba's opinion.
"Haha. So getting tickets wasn't that big of a deal, huh?" Katie said teasingly.
"Yes, well, we can't ALL sit in the exclusive box seats," Mokuba replied with a smile. He and his brother had their own private box. It was their arena, after all. Of course, Mokuba couldn't recall the last time his brother had actually gone to anything at his stadium. Mokuba had gone to a few things by himself, but it just wasn't the same without someone to talk to.
"Yeah, okay, if you say so," Katie said with a smile.
"Let get going," Mokuba said, taking her hand as they began on their way.
'This is going to be interesting...' an older teenaged girl thought to herself as she looked in the mirror in front of her. She had never dueled in a place of this magnitude, much less the stadium of her dueling hero, Seto Kaiba. This arena was huge! She had never been anywhere quite like this in America. Seto Kaiba had definitely pulled out all the stops when building his duel dome. Of course, dueling wasn't the only thing that happened at the massive complex, but it was the card games it was most renowned for.
'I only hope I don't lose! That would be horrible! Especially since he might be watching…' she thought, still staring in the mirror absent-mindedly. She had hopes that Seto Kaiba would watch her duel, although everyone here had already told her it was highly unlikely.
"Anna! Get ready! You're needed by tech in five," a voice said as they knocked on her dressing room door, shoving her out of her little world.
"Right! Sorry!" she called back, pushing back the chair she was sitting in. She began to pick up the cards she had in front of her and stacking them in a neat pile. Anna always arranged her deck out in front of her and studied them before every duel. That way, she knew she would never forget the abilities of any of her cards in a tough spot, not that she was likely to do that anyway.
Anna turned around and looked herself in the full-length mirror before her. It was quite obvious that appearances were important to her idol since mirrors lined the dressing room around her. It was as if he wanted anyone there to notice any and all of his or her flaws. She ran her fingers through her long dirty blond hair and sighed. No wonder everyone thought he was full of himself. With all these mirrors about it was hard not to imagine he had a rather large ego. Until Anna met the dueling legend himself, she would never believe anything anyone said about him, even if it did look like it was true.
Anna spun around once in the mirror to check her appearance before smoothing out a small wrinkle in her dress. It came close to her knees and was a black and chocolate brown color that perfect complimented her tan complexion. It was mostly brown but its bottom ruffles and thick belt were brown. Underneath it she wore black leggings incase of an accident while she was dueling. Anna was kind of clumsy and she would be the first to admit it.
Finally content with her appearance, picked up her duel disk, Anna turned towards the door and headed out into the hall. She had a duel to win.
"This is great Mokuba! And Anna is such a good duelist!" Katie said, leaning over the balcony in front of her. They had to have the best seats in the house and there was no one around to bother them. They had spent the afternoon basically alone while they watched the smaller duels leading up to the one with Anna. None of the other duelists had been worth much, but she was certainly a force to be reckoned with.
"She's the best there is competing right now, that's for sure," Mokuba said, smiling at the thought. Her and Seto really did have a bunch in common. For starters, they were both duel monsters champions with dragon-based decks. The most important fact here, however, was that they were both single. If things work out as planned though, all that would soon change…
"Uh-huh! You can definitely say that again! I'd love to see her duel your brother," Katie said, turning around to face Mokuba. She remembered watching the older Kaiba duel on television and even still watched some footage of him online. She was a bigger duel monsters fan than she'd like to let on to anyone but Mokuba.
"You and me both…" Mokuba said, intent on the action in front of him. The duelist they had chosen to go up against Anna was certainly nowhere near on her level. It was obvious to Mokuba that she was holding back to make the duel more interesting. The duel was almost over, but Mokuba knew the most exciting part was yet to come. Anna was clearly biding her time before she could summon her most powerful and popular monster. He had seen his older brother pull the same thing before in order to summon his Blue Eyes White Dragon.
Anna drew a new card and a smile washed across her face. This duel was most definitely in the bag.
"Your fate was sealed when I drew that last card," Anna said, her voice echoing through the stadium sound system. The stands erupted into cheers as her opponent got a horrified look on his face. It was quite obvious what had happened. She had drawn her trump card, the one everyone had been waiting on.
"I sacrifice the Fairy Dragon and the Dweller in the Depths to summon Silver Rose Dragon!" Anna said, a look of victory on her face. This was the card she was known for, just as Seto was known for his Blue Eyes.
"It can't be," her opponent muttered, staring at the dragon in front of him. No one she had ever played it against had defeated her. It had 2800 attack points, only two hundred below Seto's infamous Blue Eyes White Dragon.
The dragon appeared, a growl escaping its impressive mouth. It uncurled itself, sending silver rose petals flying all throughout the stadium. It had looked like a rose in its previous form, but now it looked like the impressive monster it truly was.
The crowd was still going wild, but Anna was ready to make her final move.
"I activate my Stop Defense spell card to switch your Celtic Guardian from defense to attack mode!" Anna said, her voice booming over the excited crowd.
"Mokuba, I almost can't handle all this excitement!" Katie said, almost squealing in ecstasy.
"The real excitement hasn't started yet. We're going to meet her after the duel," Mokuba said.
"Really?" Katie said, practically gasping in excitement.
"You're the greatest Mokuba," Katie said, turning to kiss him on the cheek before returning her attention to the duel.
"Now! Silver Rose Dragon! Destroy his Celtic Guardian and the rest of his life points!" Anna announced. The dragon before her opened its mouth and roared as silver tornados began to form and swirl with rose petals mixed in. It roared again and the tornadoes flew towards Celtic Guardian, sending him flying before disappearing in a burst of pixels.
The crowd got even louder, as if they weren't deafening already. Cheers of victory were heard all through out the stadium. Anna's opponent continued to stare in awe at the monster in front of her.
"Thanks everyone!" Anna said, waving with a smile on her face as her duel disk changed to the waiting position. The Silver Rose Dragon roared one more time before turning his head to face Anna. The dragon bent its neck and made a soft affectionate growl at Anna.
"Good job boy," Anna said, reaching out to pat his head, but the dragon flickered and disappeared before she could reach it. She sighed and the smile disappeared from her face.
"Is she okay?" Katie asked, turning to look at Mokuba. Anna looked like she was genuinely about to cry, a feeling that made no sense since she had just won her duel.
"I'm not sure," Mokuba said, but by that time, the smile had returned to her face.
Anna waved as she walked through the coliseum doors, smiling at her fans. She had won her first duel in Japan! This day certainly wasn't one to forget.
"Come on. Lets go see Anna," Mokuba said, grabbing Katie's hand and starting for the backdoor of the box.
Anna sat down in her dressing room chair, arranging her cards in front of her as her duel disk laid off to the side. Just as she had studied all her cards before her match, afterwards she always reflected upon her strategy to find ways she could have had an even better performance.
"Come in," Anna said as she heard knocking on her dressing room door.
"You have a guest. I'll send him right in," said a member of the Kaiba Dome's security as she stuck her head in the small opening she had created.
"Who is it?" Anna asked, thinking it odd that the woman didn't even ask if she wanted to see the visitor.
"The younger Mr. Kaiba and his girlfriend. They'll be in to see you in just a few minutes," she announced before closing the door.
Anna could only stare at the door in befuddlement. Why would Mokuba Kaiba want to see her? She couldn't help but be excited, but she still wasn't sure why he would seek her out. Maybe she would get to meet one of her dueling heroes before she left Japan, just like she wanted.
She looked in the mirror and ran her fingers through her hair a little bit, not wanting to look the least little bit sloppy for this meeting. This could be the difference between meeting Seto Kaiba and not.
Not a minute later, she heard more knocking and her stomach began to turn flips. Even her duel hadn't made her this nervous!
"Come in," she said, smiling as her guests opened the door.
"Hi, I'm Mokuba Kaiba and this is my girlfriend Katie Connery," the teenaged boy in front of her said, immediately introducing himself and extending his hand to her.
"Well I'm Anna Lawrence, but I guess you know that already," Anna said, laughing as she shook Mokuba's hand.
"I would just like to say you are an awesome duelist! And I've wanted to meet you for a really long time!" Katie said, not able to hold it any more.
"Thank you," Anna said, almost laughing at the girl. She didn't think she was that great of a duelist to have such a loyal fan. She only played with her heart and her soul. Anna knew she had all sorts of titles under her belts, but titles were nothing in the eyes of a true opponent.
"Anna, I was wondering if you had any plans for tonight," Mokuba said out of the blue, catching both girls off guard.
"Well, um, not really?" Anna responded, not quite sure what to think or say. His girlfriend seems to echo this with a look of befuddlement on her face.
"Good. Well, you should come eat dinner at our mansion. Seto will be glad to have you as our guest," Mokuba said, smiling at Anna.
"Well, umm, I'm not quite sure what to say," Anna stumbled. Was she just invited to eat with Seto Kaiba at his mansion? Had those words just came out of this boy's lips?
"Say yes. Our driver will be at your hotel at six thirty to pick you up. Come on Katie, let's go. We'll see Anna more tonight," Mokuba said, heading out the door.
"Dress nice," he added, before closing the door behind him.
'Well… That certainly was interesting' Anna thought as the events of the last few minutes played through her head. That had undoubtedly been a random but welcomed surprise. She guessed for now the only thing to do was to get ready to go dine with the Kaibas…
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