A huge buzzard winged its way through the skies of Domino, carrying a scraggly looking Dejon in its gigantic claws.

"You can drop me off anywhere along here." The man pleaded more than said as they neared a rose bush on the Kaiba mansion grounds.

"But not there!" he said looking nervously at the thorns. "Not there!" he tried again as the buzzard released his grip on him sending him plummeting toward the rose bush.

The buzzard landed on the ground and using the green talisman around his neck, transformed into the huge man that was Merlock. Merlock looked calmly into the window of Seto's mansion.

"Are you certain this is where Kaiba lives?" Merlock asked annoyed at this being the eighth house he had checked. I mean just how many Kaiba's in Domino where there?

"This time I am very sure." Dejon said as he tried to get out of the prickly thorns. "I think." He added quietly. Merlock rolled his eyes then turned back to the window.

"Then we begin our next search." He replied. Dejon finally untangled himself long enough to stand next to Merlock.

"But I am not a popular favorite in that house. If Kaiba found me, he would kill me!" Dejon said as he clung to Merlock's arm with worry.

"Then stay outside if you wish!" Merlock yelled as he pushed him off sending him back into the rose bush. "I'll try very hard to remember you at reward time!" he muttered as he clutched the talisman and transformed into a rat. The rat climbed in through a half open window and began running around the house searching for the lamp or Meliara.

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"And I play Flame Swordsman in attack mode. I win." Joey crowed as Meliara looked at the cards puzzled. Joey and the others had come over early the next morning, much to Seto's chagrin. Seto had locked himself in his office; one to stay away from Joey and his idiotic nature and two, so that he wouldn't be caught staring at Meliara again, which he had done all breakfast. He couldn't help it, she was like a modern day Aphrodite, and he kept thinking about when she had hugged him the night before. So he was going to stay as far from her as possible. So when Meliara had come across Mokuba and Joey playing Duel Monsters, and asked how to play, they tried to teach the genie the finer points of the game.

"That's the third game that I've lost." She said sadly as Yugi walked into the room.

"How many games have you two played?" Yugi asked.

"Three." Meliara replied dully. Yugi chuckled, "don't worry; you'll get the hang of it eventually." 

"I doubt it." Meliara said as she crossed her arms behind her head. "It's hard to figure out. Besides, I think its boring." she said.

Joey looked at her like she was crazy. "Boring?! How can Duel Monsters be boring?"

Meliara shrugged. "I don't know, it just it." She pouted thinking of the three games she just lost. Joey looked at her then got an idea. He grabbed the lamp and looked at Meliara with a glint in his eye.

"Then I'll just have to make it more interesting." He said. Meliara looked at him then realized what he was planning to do.

"No! I didn't mean it. This game really is fun!" she tried lamely to get Joey to reconsider his next wish, but it fell on deaf ears.

"I wish that the cards would come to life!" he said as he vigorously rubbed the lamp.

"OH NO!" Meliara cried as the room filled with magic. The magic flowed from Meliara and through the cards as various monsters and creatures popped out and began running out the room and down the hall, destroying everything they saw. Yugi, Mokuba, Joey and Meliara ran to look as the monsters disappeared down the hall.

"Wish them back, PLEASE!" Meliara begged as she turned to Joey her hands clasped together.

"I can't." Joey said apologetically. "That was my last wish." Meliara shoulders slumped in defeat.

"I wish you hadn't have said that."