Chapter 9-Searching the World
Morning turned to midday as the plane hovered over the Asian plate of the world, moving forward in time with each time zone it moved through. As the sun began to set, so did the plane itself, landing in Tokyo. The group left and departed in nearby taxis, heading for their hometown for some much deserved rest. In one taxi; Yami, Yugi, Vicky and Seto rode in one, Joey Duke and Tristan along with Grandpa, leaving Bakura, Tea and Destiny to travel on their own. With each group returning home, they were easily separated once Grandpa was dropped off. Once there; he and the others entered the Turtle Game Shop, leaving the question as to where Seto was to sleep. Not long after their arrival all was back to normal-besides Yami with his new acquired body and Seto arriving from the future-and peace was restored, temporarily. As the next morning broke and the sun rising high, Yugi and Yami began work on locating the precise location of Seto's partners around the world using Yugi's laptop. Seto and Vicky then began to work on keeping the Millennium Items safe in the bedroom. Both appeared as though they wanted to talk and discover more about the two worlds from which they were, but both hesitant to start the conversation. Eventually, breaking down, Vicky began, desperate to know the truth.

"So what happened to Yami's deck when he lost? Did Yugi take it back?" she asked.

"I wish, then we could've stood a chance against Bakura. But no, it just disappeared in an orb of coloured light, almost like an illusion" Seto replied.

"I see. Listen, I know you've heard this a lot, but I'm really sorry that you lost Mokuba like you did and the others. If that happened to Yami, neither me nor Tea would ever get over it" Vicky sighed. "That's why we were so reluctant to want Yugi to win".

"But Destiny knew" Seto finished.

"Yeah. She didn't tell me, but it almost felt obvious, no matter how many top-rank moves Yami would've pulled, Yugi'd just counter, right?" Vicky answered.

"Yes. I can still remember it. Yami had all three Egyptian God cards on the field" Seto recalled. "And with a combination of cards, Yugi was able to take them down".

"What?!?" Vicky called, her eyes widening. "He took down Obelisk, Slifer and the Winged Dragon of Ra?!"

"Yes. It's something one doesn't forget" Seto whispered.

"Now I'm really glad that you came and stopped the duel!" Vicky gapped.

"But he wasn't relying entirely upon them" Seto added. "He used Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl until Yugi played Silent Magician. After that, he resorted to Slifer, but Yugi had a card to stop him".

Vicky could only stare at Seto, still gapping as he continued to explain what had happened in the duel that would have broken the gang apart. Meanwhile, downstairs, Grandpa began to work on lunch as Yugi and Yami continued searching for any sign of the Xiaolin Monks, sure to find something soon. Grandpa then brought in triangular sandwiches, stopping by the twins to check their search.

"How are you boys doing?" he asked.

"We think we're getting close, the girl monk, Kimiko, is on the Internet a lot, we're just trying to track her down" Yugi explained, his eyes not leaving the screen or keyboard.

"Look at you, you look just as bad as Kaiba when he's typing away on his laptop. Your fingers never stop" Grandpa laughed. "Here you go, some lunch to keep you going".

The two left the Internet to take their lunch and thank Grandpa, he then left to deliver the rest to Vicky and Seto. As they began their lunch, Yugi turned away from the screen, giving his eyes a rest, leaving Yami to take over in the search for the Xiaolin Dragons. Across Domino City, the rest of the gang met up in their usual group, meeting at the Burger World in which Tea was once employed. She entered along with Joey, Tristan, Duke, Destiny and Bakura, all surprised that Yugi had not appeared. Once all sat and ordered, they seemed reluctant to mention the devastating war, especially in public, but then realized that due to their closeness, there was not much-if anything at all-to discuss. Tea looked out of the window next to her, remembering what Yugi had told her before. Destiny noticed the secrecy within her eyes, knowing she was hiding something from everyone.

"What do you guys think Seto doing" Joey sighed.

Tea and Destiny looked at him, surprised that he had cracked the silence and mention Seto without some sort of disgust within his voice.

"He's probably explaining more to Yami" Tea implied.

"So why can't we know what's going on?!" Joey yelled.

"Joey!" Destiny called.

"But he's right! We're a part of this too!" Tristan added. "Who does he think he is?"

"I think he's the guy who's been through this already!" Tea shouted.

"But we have to know what's going on!" Duke interrupted. "I wasn't in on it all last time".

Destiny and Bakura could only watch the others fight, the boys yelling in turn at Tea, who fought alone.

"I say we crash that party and find out what's going on!" Joey suggested.

"I'm right with ya, Joey!" Tristan laughed.

As the pair left their seats and turned towards the entrance, marched only a couple of steps, Tea only watched, dazed that they could take such an action. Destiny rose beside her, the same blackness covered her eyes that had Yugi the morning before.

"Leave them alone!" she called.

The two stopped and turned back, seeing her standing there so desperately.

"If you go and interrupt who knows what'll happen. You don't know what they could be talking about" Destiny added. "He came here to see Yami, not you too. You're always heckling him, just let them get their heads around this one. It's a lot more difficult than usual".

"Destiny" Tea whispered.

"She's right. Just let them work out what's going on. It can't be easy for Yami or Yugi alone, knowing you're supposed to die in such a way so soon" Bakura requested.

"But we died too!" Joey called back.

"Just listen for once, Joey, the burger's will be here in a minute" Duke demanded. "You're hungry and impatient, just eat first. That'll give them a little time".

Outnumbered themselves now, Joey and Tristan returned to the table as the burgers came over, the few surprised customers around the restaurant watched, as they had during the argument. Once the waitress left, Joey moved onto calmer topics.

"I called Serenity yesterday" he announced. "She coming over here for a while".

"You didn't tell her, did you?" Bakura gasped.

"Seto said she was part of the battle before, she's gotta help us out" Joey exclaimed.

"But this is your little sister!" Duke called. "You're putting her life at risk, she's too cute for that!"

"But when I told her, she insisted. I explained it would be too rough but she referred back to Battle City and taking care of Mai" Joey protested.

"What about Mai? Is she joining us?" Tristan asked.

"Well when she picked up, she was pretty quiet, but then I explained that I forgave her for the whole Orichalcos thing and she was fine" Joey answered.

'The Orichalcos?' Destiny thought.

Back at the Turtle Game Shop...
Yami checked another potential website, forums appeared before his eyes, working around the members he noticed the shout-box at the bottom of the screen. In it was some known as FireXiaolinPrincess, a name that jumped out at Yami.

"Yugi! I think we've found her!" Yami called.

Grandpa peered in from the kitchen while Yugi jumped next to Yami, staring intently at the screen.

"We need to e-mail her!" Yugi commanded.

"There's her e-mail address" Yami muttered.

Clicking on the blue underlined font, Yami then entered the screen where he had the chance to communicate with the potential fire Xiaolin dragon. Typing his message before opportunity would rot away, Yami concentrated on how to approach her in case he wasn't talking to Kimiko, Yugi watched as he typed in a single word-'Kimiko?'. Sending the e-mail was then done quickly and the only thing the two could do was wait for their reply. A moment passed before the return e-mail arrived. Yami opened it, Yugi held his breathed as the message became visible upon the screen.

"Yeah, who are you?"

"Yes" Yugi hissed excitedly.

As Yami began to type back to the located Dragon, Yugi turned to the stairs, staring as they disappeared beyond the roof.

"Vicky! Seto! We've found her!" he yelled.