Friday afternoon came, and everyone Malik had listed off was coming too. And Mokuba had definitely been telling the truth when he said his house was big. All eyes widened considerably as the friends approached the Kaiba mansion. Yuugi knocked politely on the door, which was answered by a maid.

"We're here to see Mokuba," announced Malik, completely confident.

The maid nodded and allowed them into the small entrance room. "I'll go inform him."

She left, and thirty seconds later and explosion rocked the mansion…or so they though.

It was actually Seto. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN MUTOU YUUGI AND A BUNCH OF HIS FRIENDS ARE IN MY HOUSE???"

But Mokuba reached them first. "You're here!" he cried delightedly. "This is great! Niisama will be-uh oh. I forgot to tell Niisama you were coming." As if on cue, the older Kaiba suddenly burst into the room. Yuugi smiled sheepishly. Malik was already chattering away with Mokuba. And everyone else looked like they were trying to decide whether or not to run for their lives. "Niisama, I invited my friends over today," said Mokuba, suddenly realizing the quandary the others were in.

Seto looked slightly appeased, but still not happy. "And how long might they be staying?"

"Till nine."

Seto breathed a sigh of resignation. "I'll be in my office until nine-thirty. And you," he looked pointedly at Jounouchi, "had better not clean out the pantry."

Jounouchi looked affronted. "Of course not! Why…why would I-you guys have a pantry? Can I see?"

"It's not very interesting," said Mokuba. "It's just a really big room full of food."

Honda's eyes were glazing over dreamily. "It sounds great…"

Jounouchi wiped his mouth on the back of his sleeve. "I'd love to check it out sometime…"

"I'll give you guys a tour of the place," offered Mokuba.

Before anyone answered, there was a bright gleam of light, and Yami stood among them. "So this is Seto Kaiba's house," he said, looking about. "Not quite like my palace, but not too bad either."

Malik grinned. "Pharaoh! You're here too!"

Yami smiled. "Yes. I thought this was too good of an opportunity to miss. But you don't have to be so formal."

"'kay den. Let's go, Uncle Pharaoh!"

Yami looked surprised by the new title, but since everyone else was laughing, he smiled too.

TBC

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