Alex watched as a KaibaCorp helicopter landed away from the docks and the large crowd of students and parents. Seto Kaiba walked out in his usual black outfit and white coat, walking toward her as the helicopter started flying away. "Thanks for coming, Dad," Alex said as she hugged Seto.

"It's no problem, Alex," Seto said, smiling one of his rare smiles at her. "I was planning to take a day off anyway."

Alex smiled and led Seto to the school for the announcements. They both stood against the wall in the back, waiting as Sheppard introduced some of the teachers. Jaden Yuki—Slifer Red head; Syrus Truesdale and Tyranno Hassleberry—Ra Yellow co-heads; Atticus Rhodes—gym teacher; Jesse Anderson—Obelisk Blue boy's head; Alexis Rhodes—Obelisk Blue girl's head. As Sheppard was going through some other announcements, Alex slipped away from Seto and out of the room, walking outside.

"Guess who?" Tripp asked, walking up behind Alex to cover her eyes with his hands.

"Um…Chazz Princeton?" Alex guessed teasingly.

"What makes you think I'm him?" Tripp asked, spinning her around to face him.

"I've dueled him before and just wanted to tease you," Alex replied, grinning slightly.

"Tripp, who's this?"

Alex turned around and saw an older version of Tripp and a brunette woman, both dressed in jeans and T-shirts. "Hi, mom, dad," Tripp said, grinning. "Alex, this is my dad, Joey, and my mom, Emi. Guys, this is Alexandria."

"Alexandria, huh?" Joey asked, grinning. "Who's your father?"

"I am."

All 4 of them turned to see Seto walking up to Alex. "Kaiba," Joey growled, glaring at him. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, mutt, I came here to see my daughter," Seto replied, smirking at the look Joey gave him for calling him a dog.

"Shut up, rich boy," Emi growled, crossing her arms. "But I am amazed that someone would actually like you enough to have a kid with you."

"I could say the same for you and Wheeler, little thief," Seto smirked.

Joey and Emi both growled at him before they noticed Tripp and Alex were gone.

Alex and Tripp were holding hands as they walked along the shore. "So you dad hates my parents and my parents hate your dad," Tripp clarified.

"Pretty much," Alex agreed. "Now I know where I heard your last name, thought."

"What? Wheeler?"

"Yeah. I remember when I was looking through my dad's old high school yearbooks and I saw Emi Hinarin's picture with 'little thief' written across it as well as Joey Wheeler's picture with 'mutt' written across it."

"Makes sense."

"Tripp? Tripp!"

The two teenagers spun around to see Emi standing along the edge of the small cliff overlooking the beach, looking down at them with her arms crossed. "There you are," she muttered, blowing a strand of hair out of her eyes.

"M-Mom!" Tripp stuttered, pushing Alex away. "W-What are you doing?!"

"Looking for you," Emi replied, a small smile on her face. "What were you doing, Tripp?"

"I…uh…" A small blush appeared on the teenager's face as he stuttered to find an answer.

"We were just talking," Alex explained.

"Looks to me like you two were doing more than talking," Emi said, her smile growing. "Tripp."

"Y-Yeah?" Tripp visibly gulped. He knew his mother could do some pretty nasty things when she was mad, not to mention kick your butt in a game of duel monsters when the time called for it.

"Calm down." Emi looked between Alex and Tripp for a second before her gaze stopped on her son. "If you like Alexandria, I could care less that she's a Kaiba. Your father, however, might be a little harder to convince. Let's just wait a couple days before telling him, kay?"

Tripp smiled. He ran up to his mother and embraced her in a tight hug. "Let's get back before those two kill each other," Emi said as the blonde released her.

"Be right there, mom!" Tripp called after his mother as the brunette ran back towards the direction of yelling a little farther down the campus towards the Obelisk dorms.

"So, if my dad and your dad forbid us to see each other, are you going to listen to them?" Alex asked as they started walking.

"Probably not," Tripp replied, laughing. "I don't care if you're a Kaiba or a Motou or even a Devlin. I'd still love ya." Alex smiled, pressing a kiss to the blonde's cheek.

"There you are," Joey said as the two teenagers met up with their parents. "Where have you been?"

"Uh…" Tripp started to get nervous again.

"They were with me," Emi covered, putting a hand on both Alex and Tripp's shoulder. "We just took a short walk down the beach."

Seto took hold of Alex's other shoulder and pulled her over to him and out of Emi's grip. "Let's go, Alex," he said. Alex took one look at Tripp and turned to follow her father back to her dorm. "Oh, and little thief?" Seto looked over his shoulder at the brunette, her arms crossed. "I'll still be expecting that day of servitude you owe me."

"That was 6 years ago, richboy!" Emi argued, glaring at the older brunette.

Seto smirked. "I still expect you to follow through on it," he said, walking away with Alex before Emi could yell at him.

"Let's go, Tripp," Joey said, taking ahold of his wife's arm to keep her from full-out attacking Seto.

Tripp looked over his shoulder at the retreating form of Alex, a small smile coming to his face as he followed his parents to the Slifer dorms.

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I'm sorry I haven't written in this for, like, ever!!! I've been out of a puppyshipping mood lately because of the recent cosplays me and my team (Scoobs Productions), have been doing. We need to get our Yu-Gi-Oh! cosplays out of the closet and do some puppyshipping, puzzleshipping, tendershipping, everything yaoi skits. We've been more in Kingdom Hearts world at the moment, so it's Akuroku, Zemyx, and a couple others all day, all the time. I'll try to get more chapters out on this, though! Thanks for your patience!!! ^_^ *peace sign* Dem-Dem out!