Phoenix: Okay, in this chapter is probably what you've all been anticipating. My thanks to Lance130! It's a good idea to have Kaiba and Kari have a conversation and tell each other about their dreams and such. So, on that note…did you guess what's going to happen in this chapter? :P Also thanks to Trojevia for giving me a good idea on Akina and Kari in later chapters! Anyway, moving on:

Chapter 10: Our Fate Is Clear

It was the next day from when Kari had passed out. The thing is, we can't really say that she passed out. Rather, she went into a trance. A trance that showed her the past, reminded her of the present, and showed her a small glimpse of the future. Kari knew who she was and is. And she knew what she had to do.

"That's it!" Joey said as he threw down his dueling cards in defeat. "You can't keep beating me!"

Kari laughed. Her and the gang were in the park (again) and having a mini tournament. This tournament was no longer continuing though, since Joey had demanded rematch and rematch again after Kari kept beating him.

"Oh, come on, it's just a game." She said.

"Oh sure, for you it is! But I havta work really hard just to match Yugi someday!" Joey complained.

"If you want to get that good really badly, then let's duel again. As practice." Kari offered.

"No way! You beat me…(pause as Joey attempts to count all of the matches he had against her and lost) …nine times in a row!" he exclaimed.

"Only nine times?" Kari joked as she pretended to be surprised. "I was going for ten…"

"It ain't funny!" Joey shouted. "And I ain't dueling ya again!"

Suddenly a taunting voice sounded from behind the group. "Looks like the mutt's extremely small brain capacity can't take any more losses." Kaiba walked up and examined cards on the table.

"Get a life, Kaiba," Joey said with annoyance. "I thought you didn't like hanging around us."

"Normally, no." Kaiba smirked and crossed his arms. "But it's pretty entertaining watching you lose- nine, was it?- nine times to a girl."

Then Kari jumped up from her seat. "And what's that supposed to mean if I'm a girl?"

"Okay guys, maybe we've had enough dueling for one day. We should go home now…" Yugi said, trying to calm everyone down.

Kaiba and Kari ignored him. Joey wasn't even arguing anymore, just watching the intensity of the argument along with Yugi, Téa, and Tristan. Kari was saying how it didn't matter that she was a girl and shouldn't be naturally worse at dueling; Kaiba was saying the exact opposite.

"You think that you're better than me? Fine. Prove it by beating me in a duel." Kari finally said.

Everyone, including Kaiba for a few seconds, stared at her in disbelief. No one ever challenged Seto Kaiba at dueling, strongly convinced that they'll beat him (besides Yugi).

"You're challenging me? You have guts, I'll give you that. I never back down from a challenge, so prepare to lose." He said coldly.

"Didn't anyone teach you not to lie, Kaiba? I don't think that you're going to win anything once I'm through with you." Kari retorted.

Kaiba just grunted and activated his duel disk. Kari did the same. And the duel began.

It was surprisingly a close match. Kaiba was even starting to get a little nervous, which he had to give Kari credit for, since the only person that ever made him doubt his ability to win is Yugi. He had 1200 Life Points, she had 1100. Kaiba had out a Blue Eyes White Dragon on his field, and Kari had a Rogue Doll, Pixie Knight, and Blackland Fire Dragon. Both players had one face down card the field.

"I end my turn." Kaiba said.

Kari looked at her hand. Blue Eyes was there, calling out to her. She nodded. "First I play my Dust Tornado, so your face down card is destroyed. Then I sacrifice my Pixie Knight, Rogue Doll, and Blackland Fire Dragon, so I can summon my Blue Eyes White Dragon!" On the field came a roaring and realistic Blue Eyes White Dragon.

There's not much she can do with it, Kaiba thought.

"Now, Blue Eyes, attack Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon!"

What? Is she crazy? That means that we'll both…Kaiba looked again. Neither dragon looked like it wanted to give up. But which one has the stronger will? Kaiba's, because it's Kisara and wants to protect him forever, or Kari's, the origin of the monster itself?

It ended with both of them destroying each other. The duel was a draw.

Kari sighed as her duel disk closed and the holograms faded. Her task was complete; end the duel in a draw. She wanted to get the message across that everyone's equal; boy or girl.

"Hmph." Was all Kaiba said as he put his deck back to the way it was before. "That didn't prove anything."

Kari was suddenly angry. "What do you mean, 'that didn't prove anything'? I proved to you that girls are just as good at dueling as boys!"

"No, you didn't beat me." Kaiba responded coolly.

"I didn't have to! I just wanted to show you that everyone's equal."

"But we're not. You're not equal to me, the dog's certainly not equal to anyone, and-"

"You're so stubborn! Don't you just get that you're not higher than everyone, but on the same level?"

"There's more than one level, Kari. And I happen to be ona more higher one."

"I can't believe…" Kari was saying. "I can't believe that my past life ever liked you!" She blurt out.

Kaiba stared at her for a moment, with a sparkle of surprise in his eyes. "So you know."

"Yes, I do," Kari said. "Because my friends told me. I know that my soul is a Blue Eyes, that my past life and your past life loved each other, and that mine died to protect yours from your father."

"Hmm. And your friends told you all of this?" Kaiba raised an eyebrow.

"Nah, Kari had some suspicions from her dreams!" Joey cut in cheerfully.

Kari mentally slapped Joey. She didn't exactly want Kaiba to know about that part…

"Dreams?" Kaiba asked with little enthusiasm, as usual. But his attention was now captured by Kari.

"Well…uh…just dreams about Egypt, that's all." Kari fantasized.

"You're lying. I know you are. So why don't you just go on and tell me?" Kaiba said without any hesitation.

"Hey, guys, did I miss anyth—whoa. What's with those two and the staring contest?" James suddenly appeared into the scene. He was apparently in town and saw everyone at the park, and came over.

"James, you idiot!" Téa turned around to scold him. "You just totally ruined the moment!" But Kari just kept on going.

"You know what? I don't think I even have to tell you about my dreams. Why? Because you probably have the same ones too!"

Kaiba took a step back. Kari was smarter than he thought. He couldn't think of anything to say to this, so he just gave in.

"Fine. I admit to you that I do have strange dreams at night."

"Same." Kari lowered her voice. She looked away. "I'm just still trying to figure out what they mean."

Yugi stepped forward and laid a hand on Kari's shoulder. "Maybe it's time we get going."

"Yeah," Kari agreed. She and the gang then regrouped and left, with a clueless James following. Kaiba simply stood there. He was lost in thought, replaying the events in his mind. Until something else infiltrated it.

"She knows! She knows of her power. The time to take it is approaching!"

Kaiba shook his head violently. There was that voice from his dream again. But he wasn't even sleeping, for goodness sake!

Slowly but surely, Kaiba began to command his long legs to walk him home.

Phoenix: It's about time they confronted each other! And in case if any of you guys were wondering, I didn't make up the cards in the duel. They actually exist. I'll update soon, promise! XD