(Kisara's POV)

Yesterday with Seto was amazing, I've never had so much fun! We may have just been sitting there, but I wasn't alone like usual. Just talking with him makes me happy. He told me thing about his life that nobody else really understands or seems to grasp. I feel bad because I barely told him anything about myself. There is so much more that I want to tell him, but I don't know if I'm ready to tell anyone. It's hard to talk about, but I know I have to get it off my chest at some point.

Seto told me yesterday that he wouldn't be at school today so I wasn't very excited. He was the only person I could actually talk to in this school, he's the only friend I have here. Yugi and his friends try to talk to my, but they aren't like Seto, they won't understand me. I can tell that they are nice people and are trying to get close to me, but I really don't want them to. Things are difficult as it is, I don't want to pull them in as well.

I really couldn't wait until after school since I had that tournament tonight. Seto said that he would come and watch which makes me very happy. I know he hasn't seen the White Rose duel before and I can tell that he's excited about tonight as well. I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I didn't hear Yugi come up behind me.

"How are you Kisara?" I heard Yugi ask as he walked up to me. It made me jump a bit but I regained my composure quickly before replying.

"Alright," I answered. I was in a habit of giving one-word replies when talking to people other then Seto.

He smiled and said, "That's good." I thought he would go away after that, but I was wrong.

"Hey, that gang and I are hanging out today, do you want to join us?" asked Yugi. "We are going to the duel monsters tournament if you're interested."

I pretended to think about it and before I answered, Yugi said something else. "Joey is dueling so it would mean a lot to him if you helped us cheer him on."

"I'm sorry Yugi, I'm busy tonight," I replied. He looked disappointed but he didn't try to convince me to change my mind.

"Alright, I guess I'll see you tomorrow then," said Yugi as he walked back to his friends. I nodded in response and turned back to my desk. So, Joey was dueling. Well this would make things a little more difficult, but not by much. I've seen his dueling strategies and he won't stand a chance against my worms. They have never let me down before and they won't tonight.

I was thinking so intently about tonight that I almost didn't hear the bell ring. I was glad to hear it because that meant that I could get out of this place. The end of the day had gone by fairly quickly and I was grateful for it. Now I could get ready for the tournament. As I walked out of the classroom, I over heard Joey and Yugi talking about the tournament.

"I'm totally going to beat the White Rose and win this tournament. I won't be the runner-up this time," announced Joey proudly. I had to hide a laugh that was trying to escape my mouth. He actually thinks he can beat me! I heard Yugi give him some encouragement, but I didn't really hear what he said and frankly I don't care. They won't do him any good; he will still lose to my worms.

As I walked home, I thought about the other duelist that would show up. I doubt any of them will be a challenge, but I can't be sure. People thought that I would be like every other new duelist in the league, but I showed them wrong. Maybe I'll duel someone who is just like me, someone with a strong connection to their cards.

When I reached my front door, I opened it and saw Eleanor running toward me. She has this way of knowing when I would be home so I expected her to be at the door when I got there. She would always hug me and ask me how my day was before she let me go farther into the house and today was no different.

"How was your day Kisara," asked Eleanor is her sweet little voice.

"It was boring, but I managed," I replied.

"You better get ready for your tournament or you might be late," said Eleanor as she wiggled out of my arms and ran into her room. I turned toward the stairs only to see Cade coming down them with my robe in his arms. He saw me and ran toward me with a smile on his face.

"I got your robe for you big sis," he said as he held up my robes. I took them with a smile and kneeled down to ruffle his hair. He giggled as I did so and I kissed him on the forehead.

"Thanks Cade," I said. He smiled up at me and then went to his room. That boy was always so thoughtful and it only made me prouder to be his sister.

I walked up stairs slowly and I found that I was really tired for some reason. I couldn't back out of the tournament now so I just ignored it and blamed it on my lack of sleep last night. Seto and I didn't stay out that late, but I couldn't get to sleep. I kept thinking about Seto and the course of today's events.

I quickly got changed out of my school uniform, which I think looks absolutely terrible, and put on my normal clothes (1). I pulled my long white hair into a ponytail and let if fall onto my back. After that was done, I took my robe and put it on. I made sure that no hair poked out and that they only thing that people could see was my eyes. I looked at my reflection and when I was satisfied with my look, I head out the door and towards the Kaiba dome.


(Seto's POV)

"Seto, why couldn't just take the limo, this is a really long walk," complained Mokuba. I had decided that I wanted to walk to the Kaiba dome and he didn't like that decision. I had a lot of energy that was balled up inside and I was eager to get it out.

"Don't ask, that would mean we would have to listen to him talk," said Marianne. I groaned in annoyance and just ignored them. The started talking with each other, but then they suddenly stopped and looked across the street. I followed their gazes and I sighed. I was about to tell Mokuba to stay quiet, but I was too late.

"Hey Yugi!" yelled Mokuba. Yugi turned his head toward us and waved. I saw Joey do the same then he gave me a glare. His feeble attempt to try and intimidate me almost made me laugh.

"Hey Mokuba, how's it going," asked Yugi as he crossed the street with his friends and came up to us.

"It's good, what are you guys doing?" asked Mokuba.

"We are going to the duel monsters tournament," replied Yugi. I inwardly sighed. Why does Yugi always have to be going to the same place as me? It was really annoying and I just wish he would leave just leave me alone.

"It would seem that our schedules are similar," said Marianne.

"Are you in the tournament Kaiba, I would love another chance to kick your butt," sneered Joey. He had a stupid look on his face that I would interpret as determination. I smirked and replied, "No, but if I were, then you would have no chance of winning."

"Why don't we duel now Kaiba so I can prove you wrong," challenged Joey.

I was about to make a smart remark, but then I heard a voice above me say, "The tournament hasn't even started yet and duelist are already fighting."

I looked up in the direction of the voice and I saw someone in a white robe sitting on a railing above us (2). I could only see her eyes and they showed an expression of amusement. I met her blue eyes and I knew who it was immediately...

"Hey you're the White Rose!" exclaimed Yugi who had also looked up at Kisara. He had a look of shock as well as a look of admiration in his eyes.

Kisara laughed and replied, "If only you knew how many times I've heard that before." She stood up on the railing with perfect balance and jumped down onto the ground in front of us. She looked me dead in the eyes and I saw that they were shining. I also noticed something else, but it faded before I could tell what it was, maybe I was just imagining it.

"Why were you up there," I heard Mokuba ask. I was actually wondering the same thing, but I didn't really want to ask questions.

"People won't notice you if you're above their heads," replied Kisara. She tapped her head with a finger to emphasize her point.

"Oh you don't want people bothering you on the street," said Yugi.

"Exactly," replied Kisara. "So Yugi, are you dueling in today's tournament, it would be and honor to duel the King of Games himself."

"No, I'm not," admitted Yugi, "But maybe we could have a quick duel right now."

Kisara seemed to think it over, but I knew what her answer would be. She would never back down from a challenge, no matter what it was.

"Sure why not," said Kisara, amusement flickering in her eyes. "I need a warm-up before the tournament."

"Well someone's confident," replied Yugi as he walked away from Kisara.

"Yes I am," said Kisara, who was now facing Yugi. Kisara already had her duel disk on and Yugi had borrowed one from the Mutt.

"Alright, I'll go first," said Yugi as he drew his first card.

"First I summon my Queen's Knight (1500ATK, 1600DEF). I can't attack this turn, so I set down two cards and end my turn."

"Very well, my turn," said Kisara. "I play the card Worm Call. This card allows me to special summon a Worm in face-down defense if you control a monster, but I don't. I special summon this worm." When the monster materialized, it did something that I've never seen a set monster do; it was shining brightly.

"Next I set one monster face-down, as well as two cards in my backfield and I end my turn."

"I know your strategies, so I won't underestimate you," said Yugi as he started his turn. "First, I summon my King's Knight(1600ATK, 1400DEF). Then, I activate his special ability and I special summon my Jack's Knight (1900ATK, 1000DEF). "Now Yugi's monsters outnumber the White Rose's," said Marianne.

"Well thank you for stating the obvious," I said sarcastically. She rolled her eyes at me and replied, "You don't have to comment on everything."

"I don't have to but that doesn't mean I can't," I replied. It must be a brother and sister thing, but I really enjoy messing with Marianne.

She was about to give me an ear-full when Mokuba turned around and said, "Will you guys stop fighting, I want to watch the duel."

We glared at each other for about ten seconds before she looked away and turned back to the duel. I did the same and I saw the amusement in Kisara's eyes.

"I think they done," laughed Kisara.

Yugi nodded and said, "Now, Jack's Knight, attack one of her face-downs." His Knight shot forward and plunged it's sword into her monster. A bright light enveloped us when it was attacked. When the light dimmed, I saw that Kisara's monster had materialized. This monster looked just as grotesque as the other monsters I've seen Kisara use. The monster was small and it was covered in a black sludge. It's clawed fingers and face were the only things not covered in the slime. The Knight's sword had gone through the monster's face and when it was destroyed, it dissolved into the ground.

"That was Worm Jetelipske (1200ATK, 0DEF). When this monster is destroyed, while it was face-down, it comes back in defense mode." As she said this, the slime shot up from the ground and reformed into Worm Jetelipske.

"Then I will just destroy it again, go King's Knight," said Yugi. His other knight did the same, but this time Jetelipske didn't come back. "Now, Queen's Knight, attack her other face-down." The Knight jumped up into the air and them embedded her sword into Kisara's other monster. A flash of light was emitted as the monster materialized onto the field. The new monster looked like a white featherless chicken with bat-like wings.

"This monster is Worm Falco," said Kisara. "Its effect is useless right now so I won't explain it."

"Very well," said Yugi. "There is nothing else I can do so I end my turn."

"Don't think that you've gotten an upper hand on me," said Kisara. "First, I use the card Pot of Greed. Next I activate the effect of my Worm Call and I special summon this card." The monster did the same as the others, but this one seemed to shine brighter.

"Now I activate Monster Reborn to bring back my Jetelipske. Sadly, he won't be staying long because I sacrifice him to summon my Worm Warlord (2350ATK, 1800DEF)." Just like the other monsters, this one came with a bright light that blinded me. When it cleared, I Kisara's new monster was no where to be seen. I started hearing a drilling noise and then the monster shot up from the ground. It was bright orange and it's body was completely malformed. It's legs had drills for toes and they came from the side of the body, instead of the bottom. It's arms came from the top and the bottom of It's body and it's knuckles had large spikes on them. It's body was like a ball with one eye and a large zipper-like mouth.

"It's good to see you Warlord," said Kisara.

"It's a pleasure to serve you my Mistress," said Warlord. His voice was very deep, but it sounded very immature as well (3). It didn't surprise me that he was speaking and I'm the only one that wasn't.

"Did that monster just speak," asked Yugi with a puzzled look on his face.

"Yes, my cards are one of a kind so the spirits of the monsters inhabit them," explained Kisara. "I am able to speak with them, even outside of a duel."

"Very interesting," said Yugi.

Kisara was about to say something when Warlord interjected. "Why did you have to summon him Mistress," he said. The monster was pointing his finger at Kisara's face-down monster.

"Don't say anything, you'll give me away," said a voice that echoed around us making hard for me to pinpoint it's location. If I hadn't heard it before, I wouldn't have recognized Worm Victory's voice. I heard some of the others asking where the voice was coming from.

"I'm not that stupid," said Warlord.

"Well I beg to differ," replied Victory.

"If we weren't in a duel, I would destroy you," yelled Warlord.

"Like you would be able to defeat me," said Victory calmly.

"Will you two stop fighting," said Kisara, her voice lined with annoyance. I looked over at her and her hand was on her forehead and she was shaking her head.

"Do they do that a lot," asked Yugi.

She looked up and said, "Unfortunately yes."

Yugi laughed and said, "They are just like Kaiba and Marianne,"

"Leave me out of this Yugi," I replied.

"You don't like being associated with you big sister?" asked Marianne in an innocent voice.

"Not really," I replied, but Marianne didn't take it to heart like usual.

"Oh don't say that, I know you don't mean it," said Marianne.

"Whatever," I said. I looked over at Kisara and saw surprise in her eyes. It made me wonder what she was surprised about, but I didn't let it bother me to much.

"I think you can continue now," said Yugi.

"Alright," laughed Kisara, "First I use the card Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy one of your face-downs." A gust of wind flew from the card and hit one of Yugi's cards. Upon contact, the card shattered and I saw that the card she destroyed was Mirror Force.

"Good choice," said Yugi, a bead of sweat falling from his face.

"Now, Warlord attack Queen's Knight," said Kisara.

"Yes my Mistress," replied Warlord as he jumped forward and punched Yugi's Knight. It shattered and Yugi's life points dropped (4000LP-3150LP).

"Now attack his King's Knight," yelled Kisara. Warlord whipped around and hit King's Knight as well making Yugi's life points fall farther towards zero (3150LP-2400LP).

"Warlord's effect allows him to attack twice if he destroyed a monster this turn," explained Kisara before Yugi could ask.

"I see," said Yugi.

Kisara laughed and said, "Now the game finally begins Yugi, prepare yourself!"


1) Her clothes will be the same as in the other chapter if you were wondering.

2)Seto doesn't know what the White Rose looks like, so he didn't know it was her until her looked into her eyes.

3)He sounds like those really tough guys who sound really stupid, and they usually are, but Warlord is not.


This chapter has succeded in making me very mad. 1) I suck at writing duels and 2) I was almost done, but the file decided to delete half of it so I had to type it all over again. Sorry for any errors, I really wanted to get this done and it's little self-destruction didn't really help. Well enough of my ranting, I hope this chapter isn't to bad. Enjoy!