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Chapter Twenty-Five

A Semi-Peaceful Night

Kay lay on her bed and continued to flip through her magazine, J-14. She was halfway through her horoscope when she heard a knock on the door. She sighed.

"Now who is it?" she wondered. No way could it be Isis again. Kay lowered the magazine and looked up. "Who is it?"

The door opened and Seto walked in. She frowned at him before glancing back at her magazine, reading over the "Love" portion of the Taurus horoscope.

Right now, you have a potential romance budding. But you both might not see it coming for a while.

"Can I help you?" she asked simply.

"We're about to find out." She rolled her eyes.

"Why have you disturbed my quiet time, Kaiba? I am busy reading my horoscope." He arched an eyebrow.

"I never thought you'd be into that stuff."

"You thought wrong then."

"Right."

"Now, what exactly do you want? The sooner you're gone, the sooner I can indulge in my magazine."

"Fine. What was the deal today with Jounouchi?" he asked. Kay blinked up at him as the events of earlier that day replayed in her mind.

"You mean the part where I punched him?" she asked simply. Seto blinked at how casual she sounded.

"Yes; and the part where you practically threatened his life." She shrugged.

"He pissed me off, that's all." Seto sighed.

"I figured, but I don't see why you got mad. His insult was directed at me, not you."

"But he hurt Mokuba."

"What?" Kay rolled her eyes.

"God, for a 16-year-old genius and CEO of a major game corporation, you are really stupid." Seto glared at her.

"Pardon?" She turned her head and looked at him, a slightly irritated expression on her face.

"OK, I'll try to make this as easy to understand as humanly possible. I like Mokuba. He's a sweet kid and Adelinda likes him. So when Jounouchi, being the idiot he is, said what he said and hurt Mokuba, I got really mad and I punched him and then threatened his life. Does that answer your question?"

"Hm, I suppose."

"What? Did you think I actually liked you and that's why I did that?" she asked, sarcasm dripping off every word. Seto scowled.

"Hell no!" he snapped. "Why would I think something so completely ludicrous?"

"I don't know. I do not try to comprehend the minds of the opposite sex, seeing as most of you appear not to think with the head up here," she tapped her skull, "put the head down there." She pointed down and Seto looked away, a slight flush of embarrassment on his face.

"Not all guys are like that."

"I didn't say that. I just said most. And that's coming from my personal experience."

"Right, whatever…" he mumbled.

"So, is that the only reason for your intrusion?" she asked.

"Intrusion?"

"Or disturbance. Whichever noun fits your preferences. Take your pick."

"Well, you certainly are amusing, aren't you?" She smirked.

"You know it." Seto's lips tilted into a small smirk.

"Alright. I'll leave you to your…'quiet time', as you called it." With that, Seto walked out of her room. Kay looked up momentarily.

"Hmph…he's…weird…" she said slowly to herself.

"And hot!"

"WHAT?" she yelled. Then she realized that, apparently, Jounouchi had eaten something spicy in the room next to hers and had yelled loud enough for her to hear him through the wall.

She sighed and fell back on her bed, feeling flustered at even assuming she'd thought of Seto Kaiba as hot. That was the second time this incident had occurred during Battle City.

"What an annoyance! It's what Isis said that's getting to me. As if I'd EVER like Seto Kaiba. I doubt we could stand to be in the same room alone for longer than ten minutes without trying to slaughter one another with forks."

"Why forks?" a second voice in her head asked.

"…I dunno. They're sharp?"

"…right…" Kay took the headphones to her iPod and shoved them back in her ears. She continued reading and bopped hr head, mouthing the words to her favorite songs. She continued to read her horoscope, but she frowned slightly at her romance forecast.

Right now, you have a potential romance budding. But you both might not see it coming for a while.

Cat and Kristen were walking away from the kitchen almost lifelessly. They were staring at the floor with expressions that were difficult to properly describe. Finally, Cat spoke.

"I…I can't believe what happened to those two." She looked up at Kristen. "Why didn't she ever tell us?"

"I don't know, Cat. I've known her for about three years, and I didn't even know about her family. She never mentioned it."

"It's so sad…" Cat murmured. "Poor Adelinda and Kay…" She frowned as she remembered hearing Adelinda tell Mokuba the tale and bursting into tears.

"What should we do about this?" Cat gave Kristen a look.

"What do you mean? What is there to do about this?" she asked. Kristen shifted uncomfortably.

"I don't know…" she whispered. "Should we tell Kay that we know?"

"Know what?" a cold voice asked. They both jumped and turned to see Kaiba, looking at them suspiciously. "Just what are you three up to?"

"Nothing!" Cat and Kristen squeaked.

"….you do realize that was not exactly convincing, right?" Seto asked dryly.

"We're not up to anything, Kaiba."

"Oh, really?" Cat nodded.

"Yes, really." He frowned but continued walking, deciding not to waste his time with an interrogation. Cat looked over at Kristen.

"We're not very good liars, are we?"

"No, not really. I'm just not so great under pressure."

"Same here. Come on, let's just go and find the others."

"Right." They walked and found everyone hanging out in Yugi's room for a change. Jounouchi was wolfing down spicy jalapeno puffs and occasionally yelling out about how hot they were before guzzling water and then eating five more.

Everyone watched him with slightly varied expressions all around.

"What is he doing?" Cat asked, staring.

"With Jounouchi, it's best not to question." She smiled sheepishly and walked over to join Yugi and Shizuka, who sat on the couch. "Hey guys." They looked up and smiled.

"Hi Cat."

"Where have you two been?" Shizuka asked when Kristen walked over to join them.

"Just, you know, wandering around."

"Well, Katsuya has been eating various foods with Honda and Otogi. Now he's trying to prove he can eat all of the jalapeno puffs."

"He is going to get WICKED indigestion later."

"Not Jounouchi!" Yugi laughed. "He's got bowels of steel."

"…interesting way of wording that, Yugi."

"I know, but it's true." Kristen chuckled.

"I'll take your word on that."

"So where are Kay and Adelinda?" Anzu asked, looking over at them.

"Adelinda is with Mokuba, and we haven't seen Kay since she punched Jounouchi and threatened to fling him off the tower."

"So what do we do now?" Kristen asked.

"About what?" Cat asked dismissively. Kristen sighed.

"Nothing, I suppose." Yugi looked at them in confusion.

"What are you guys talking about?" he asked.

"Nothing." He and Anzu exchanged glances but didn't ask.

Night fell. Everyone retired to their rooms.

Cat, unfortunately, could not sleep. She sighed and slid out of bed and walked outside the blimp and looked up at the duel tower in the dim light of the moon and stars. She wanted to go up to the top and look to the sky, kind of like she did on the blimp that one night.

She ran for the tower and was surprised that she could get in.

Cat rode up the elevator to the top. It was pretty windy, but she had a sheet wrapped around herbaby blue tank top and lavender sweatpants to keep her warm.

The stars glittered beautifully against the night sky and the moon was a crescent. It was a cool, crisp, clear night. She could smell the sea in the wind and it calmed her.

Sitting on the side, she let her feet dangle under the railing of the tower and looked up at the sky, singing quietly to herself.

"We always seem to meet up this way." Cat jumped and spun to see Yami approaching her, a small smile on his face. He was wearing a black T-shirt and his jeans and some white socks.

"Oh, hello Yami." She smiled at him. "What brings you up here?"

"Just nerves. It's keeping me from sleeping."

"By you do you mean you, or Yugi?"

"Both of us, actually." He smiled sheepishly and sat next to Cat. "I'm not all too surprised to find you up here as well."

"I like being outside if I can't sleep. It's so relaxing…plus, it's really beautiful out here…"

"Yeah, it is." Yami grinned and looked up to the sky as well. They were silent for a while.

"I know you'll beat Marik tomorrow." He looked at her.

"You think?"

"I know." She smiled encouragingly at him. "And we'll all be at your side, cheering our guts out!"

"I'm just worried about what kind of disturbed shadow game he'll try to force upon me."

"Probably something that causes you pain."

"More than likely." Yami grimaced. "He's a sick, twisted person…if I can even call him that."

"Tell me about it. But try not to let that get to you. Just be ready and defeat him as soon as humanly possible before he can cause anymore damage." Yami nodded.

"You are absolutely right, Cat." She giggled.

"That's good."

"Where would we be without you?" Yami asked, smirking. Cat looked thoughtful.

"You would have probably still felt depressed over that whole Kay-Marik thing and lost your duel with Kaiba." Yami blinked and thought about that.

"Oh my God…you're right…again!" Cat nodded.

"Of course!" Yami chuckled.

"Well, although sleep is essential, I am much more amused."

"As am I."

"Why couldn't you sleep?"

"In all truth, there were a few reasons. Mostly nerves on your behalf. Marik really freaks me out and…I'm scared for you. I don't think you'll lose tomorrow, but Marik does some pretty lowly, dirty things. I'm scared to even think what he might try to pull."

"I know…" Yami murmured seriously. He looked up. "But…I see Marik as the dark sky. It's big, it's powerful, and it's vast. But the moon, and the sun, and the stars overpower it, even if they seem smaller."

"…Yami, when did you become a fortune cookie?" Cat asked. He stared at her momentarily before they both burst out laughing.

After a few minutes, they finally settled down. He sighed and ran a hand through his spiky hair, still grinning a little from his laughter.

"Despite how…cheesy that sounded, it's true. And with you all there for me, I feel like I can defeat Marik, no matter what."

"Of course you can." Cat shot him a beaming grin. "You're…you're an amazing duelist, Yami. You're also one of the greatest people I know, and people like Marik can't beat people like you."

"You really love to build my ego, don't you?" Yami asked, laughing a little.

"Hey, don't go all megalomaniac on me. Kaiba and Jounouchi both do that job a little too well."

"Oh, c'mon. Jounouchi's not THAT egotistical!" Yami retorted, smirking.

"Well, compared to Kaiba, not so much."

"Cat Tsuru, are you actually insulting someone?" Yami put a hand to his chest. "Be still my heart." She lightly punched his shoulder.

"Shut up. I can insult people once in a while. I'm not always sugar sweet, you know."

"Yes, yes. That bruise should form in about ten minutes."

"I barely hit you."

"You hurt my arm's feelings."

"Yami!"

"It's true." He put on a sad face and rubbed the spot where Cat punched him. "My arm thinks you don't like it…" She sighed and leaned forward, kissing the spot where she punched him.

"There, better?"

"Now my other arm feels left out." She giggled and leaned over, kissing his other arm.

"Ok, I've kissed both of your arms. Satisfied?" He chuckled.

"For now." She rolled her eyes.

"I think Jounouchi's dorkiness is contagious."

"You think I'm a dork?" Yami asked in amusement.

"Kind of." He faked shock and put a hand to his heart.

"That hurt, Cat."

"I'm sorry." They sat there in silence.

"I have to wonder…" Yami said softly. Cat looked at him in curiosity. "What was I really like as pharaoh? I remember so little of myself, and it feels so strange. It's as if…you're all friends with a stranger."

"You're no stranger, Yami. Even if you don't remember your past, there's no way you were that much different."

"Maybe…" He smiled. "I remember going with you and Anzu to the museum…"

Yami and Anzu were walking around town on their "date" when they bumped into Cat at the arcade. Anzu quickly grew jealous and decided to try to impress Yami on the DDR machine.

The whole incident with Johnny Steps occurred and Yami defeated him in a duel easily. Afterwards, he declared wanting to go to the museum after all.

The three walked around, admiring the exhibits. Yami stopped and stared at a door and Cat looked at him.

"Yugi?" she asked. Anzu also stopped and stared at him. He stepped closer to the door. It was open and there was a stairway that was dark. The Millennium symbol glowed on his forehead.

"I sense something down here."

"But, I don't think we're allowed down there!" Anzu protested. Yami ignored her and walked down the steps. Cat tilted her head and followed him. Anzu stood there, blinking, before shaking it off. "Hey, wait for me!" she yelled, running after them.

They all carefully tread down the stairs and came to a darkened room. They could barely make out some glass on the wall with two huge, dark shapes under them.

"What is this?" Cat asked. Yami furrowed his eyebrows slightly.

"I'm not sure." Suddenly, the lights switched on. A large stone revealed itself behind glass. Yami stared. "Look! Those carvings resemble duel monsters." Cat and Anzu gasped.

"You're right!" Yami turned and walked over to the second stone. He looked up at it and his eyes widened.

"It can't be!"

"What is it?" Cat asked.

"Look!" He pointed and Cat stared. She gasped.

"But…that's you!" she exclaimed. "How is that even possible?"

"Perhaps I can explain." They turned to see Isis walking towards them.

"And that's how we found out you were a pharaoh." Cat smiled. "It was also the first time I knew your name was Yami." He nodded.

"Yes. And I still feel as if there's more to this puzzle than what we know, much more. For example, Marik mentioned you and Kay were also descendents of the past."

"Yes…I remember…" He looked at her.

"Cat, do you know anything about that?" he asked. She blushed a little.

"S-sort of…"

"Sort of?" he asked.

"Well, Isis told me and Kay a little bit about it. She was a priestess, and I was a princess. And…we were…engaged…" she murmured, her face burning red. Yami blushed a pale pink and cleared his throat awkwardly.

"I-I see…"

"Yeah…" He rubbed the back of his neck.

"Well, then…at least now I understand what Marik meant…by the…harem part…" Yami continued to blush. Cat made a face.

"I was personally insulted by that."

"I can see why. But, even though I don't remember anything, I'm sure you would have been my one and only wife. I'd never resort to womanizing!" Cat smiled.

"I know, Yami." He returned her smile with one of his own. Suddenly, they heard footsteps behind them and turned to see Kay, walking toward them with her head bowed thoughtfully. Her ponytail caught the wind and she wore her jacket over her tank top and jeans.

She paused when she noticed them and blinked.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Suddenly, she smirked. "Was I…interrupting something?" she asked. Yami and Cat looked at each other and immediately went red again.

"No!" they cried; blushes apparent on their faces. Kay snickered.

"Right. Well, I'll leave you two alone." She turned and walked away, snickering. Cat and Yami looked at each other again and immediately panicked.

"KAY!" They jumped up and ran after her. She beat them to the elevator and they both groaned.

"It's times like this when I almost miss her being passed out!" Yami said. Cat nodded.

"I know!" They groaned inwardly and hurriedly entered the elevator and chased her before she could start waking people up and spreading around what she thought she saw.

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