"Wow, that's a pretty amazing story," said Téa as she and her friends sat in the ice cream shop just down the street from Domino High.

"Yeah, you're not kidding," agreed Tristan. "Finding out that your sister's really your half-sister and that she's got two half-brothers out there somewhere."

"And your mom didn't say where the two other boys ended up?" asked Yugi.

"Just in an orphanage somewhere in Donkato. She said that one was about my age and the other was a couple of years younger than Serenity," replied Joey.

"In Donkato?" echoed Yugi. "Did you say Donkato?"

"Yeah. What gives, Yug?" said Joey.

"Joey, did you know that Kaiba and Mokuba came from Donkato?" said Yugi.

"What? How did you know that, Yugi?" asked Tristan, surprised.

"It was in this month's issue of Young Entrepreneur magazine," Yugi replied, tossing the magazine on the table. "They did an article on KaibaCorp and how successful they've been with their gaming technologies." Yugi started flipping through the pages of the magazine. "There's a whole article in here about Kaiba and Mokuba, and one of the things they mentioned in here was how they were adopted from an orphanage in…"

"Donkato," Téa read, placing the article in front of her. "It says that their mother died giving birth to Mokuba…oh, that's so sad. I didn't know that."

"And after their father was killed in a car crash a couple of years later, they were adopted by the head of KaibaCorp," Yugi continued.

"Now hang on just a second, guys," Joey said, stunned. "Are you guys sayin' that that creep Kaiba and Mokuba are Serenity's half-brothers?"

"Well, Kaiba is your age, Joey," replied Tristan, scanning the rest of the article over Téa's shoulder. "And Mokuba is a couple of years younger than Serenity. And the way their parents died does jive with what your mother said."

"You have to admit that it does look awfully suspicious, Joey," agreed Téa.

Joey snatched the magazine from Téa and quickly read the article. "So what?" he replied, tossing the magazine back to Yugi. "That article doesn't prove anything, other than Kaiba is a snotty, arrogant creep."

"Joey, I think maybe we ought to go talk to Kaiba and Mokuba," said Yugi, folding up the magazine and putting in his backpack.

"What? You've gotta be kiddin', Yug!" exclaimed Joey. "You don't actually think that Kaiba and Mokuba are Serenity's brothers, do you?"

"I'm saying that it does seem pretty coincidental, Joey," replied Yugi. "You've got to admit that."

"Besides, even if they aren't Serenity's brothers, maybe they would know the kids in the Donkato orphanage that are," said Téa hopefully.

"I think it's worth a shot, for Serenity's sake," replied Tristan. "What do you think, Joey?"

"All right," Joey admitted grudgingly. "For Serenity, I'll do anything."

To be continued…