Eyes of the Dragon

When Seto gets some interesting visitors...

Well, the mistake was not the kind of mistake you might think. In truth, there were many mistakes leading up to it. Pegasus reviving the game, for example, which caused Seto to come to Domino City by accident and go into Mokuba's family. That's not the fatal mistake. Seto came here without any memories and he was perfectly happy. The mistake was not his dad getting into an accident and dying, causing the two brothers to end up in an orphanage and get transferred to that wacko guy Gozaburo. Sure, Gozaburo did abuse Seto quite a lot, but after that guy died, the one good mistake in this whole thing, Seto was perfectly happy.

I'm sure you're all thinking, What the heck is this author talking about then? Because most people think Seto was stressed out from running a company, taking care of his little brother, and going to school at the same time.

Well, not to be rude, but wakey wakies! Seto is a genius and a demon. A little company like Kaiba Corps wouldn't kill him. Taking care of his brother, with all the money he has, wouldn't kill him. And if Seto's a genius, then he's much better than me, because someone like me finishes eight subjects of homework in less than one hour. How long could a genius take? Ten? Twenty minutes?

So no. Seto was not stressed out. He was perfectly happy with his life. Sure, he's a little lonely, but no life is perfect, right?

So let's get back to where Yugi solved the puzzle.



When our dear Yugi Motou solved that weird puzzle, something very interesting happened.

Seto began getting his memories back.

If you want to know how that felt like, imagine someone walking up to you and saying, " Hey, kiddo! Do you know that Osama Bin Laden is your uncle?" and then find out that person was speaking the truth.

Naturally, Seto didn't like it. So he made his first mistake in a long while. He tried to get rid of the memories. The memories were scattered, anyway, and he didn't want to bother piecing them together. He went to the obvious solution.

Now, before I go there, there were originally three Blue Eyes White Dragons in the entire Shadow Realm. Which kind of meant Seto was the fourth, and the youngest. Now, Seto has three Blue Eyes White Dragon cards in his hand, each one representing an actual dragon.

And guess what Seto is represented by?

Ding ding ding! And the winner is...YOU! Yugi Motou's grandfather has the fourth Blue Eyes White Dragon, and that card represents Seto!

So, Seto knew that. How? He just did. Sometimes people do that. They just know. And why did Seto want to search and buy that thing or trade that thing just to tear it up? He wanted the memories to go away. And by some odd creative whim he figured that if he tore that thing up he would never have to bother with the Shadow Realm again, and all the memories.

How wrong he was.



Seto started his day one weekend by making a trip to the Turtle Game Shop with his little brother and a man dressed in Seto's spare clothing. That man was carrying a purple staff and had long hair which was covered by a hat.

It would have been fine for Seto to get in there, but you all know Jounouchi's temper. He would have none of Seto's business in there.

The truth was Seto didn't want to go. Mokuba was the one who was pulling him, and since Turtle Game Shop was the only one Seto's actually most familiar with, the young man dressed in Seto's spare clothes persuaded him to go with Mokuba. After all, the man pointed out, Seto did need to loosen up.

Seto was not in the mood to bark insults that day. In fact, he normally didn't insult anyone, until Yugi solved the puzzle and he was bombarded with memories. Truly, that could drive anyone mad, so you must pardon him.

In any case, Seto went in there, and who should greet him but Katsuya Jounouchi.

" What are you doin here?" He snapped.
" Please, spare me your talk." Seto said tiredly. He really didn't sleep well that night.
" What brings you here, Kaiba?" Yugi asked, quite politely, if you ask me.
" Mokuba wanted to visit, and...Onen wanted to too."

There were, of course, many friendly introductions and greetings between the young man and the group, but the young man was more interested in the cards, and Seto was more interested in reading his newspaper by the counter.

So far nothing was happening. Until Yugi got a good look at the stranger, Onen.

/ Yami, doesn't this guy look familiar?/

The spirit decided to come out for himself, completely startling Onen. Yami, on the other hand, was more startled then anyone else.

// This guy is the Dark Magician!//

Seto looked up, and when he noticed the presence of Yami, plus the look on his face, naturally he knew what just happened.
" Onen, I told you." He began.

Onen looked at Seto. " Are you just going to sit there and read?"
" Well, what do you want me to do?"
" Do something!"
" I am doing something."

Onen rolled his eyes. " You use to be very playful."

Seto choked. " Sure. Bite me."

Onen looked at a little miniature chest. " What's in there?" He asked.
" That's a Blue Eyes White Dragon." Seto answered without looking up from his newspaper.

Onen looked from Seto to the wooden chest and back again. Then he turned to Sogoruku. " May I look at it?"

Naturally, the old man wasn't especially impressed with the request, but since Yugi and Yami knew who the stranger was, they persuaded him to, assuring that no one would want a torn up card anyway.

So Onen had a good look at a broken dragon. He looked from the card to Seto again.

" Who did this?" He asked.
" I did." Seto seemed to know what Onen meant, even though the question wasn't clear and he didn't look up to see what Onen was doing.
" Why did you do that?" Onen asked.
" I went crazy." Was Seto's odd reply. " Are you done now?"

I'm sure you all know that the Dark Magician wasn't impressed.

" Seto, are you alright? You seem bitter ever since I met you again."

Seto sighed and looked up at last. " Look, I had a life before. Then all of the sudden, memories come flooding back. I would be happier if it was something like my past life-at least I know it's over. But seriously, Onen. And now all of the sudden you pop up late at night while I was asleep, telling me that Yugi solved the puzzle and that was why I had all these memories. Not to mention, you and your friends began harassing me with those eerie voices every single night before you came. Who wouldn't be bitter." He looked back down at the newspaper and kept on reading.

" Dark Magician?" Yugi began, " Is there something we don't know?"

" What are you talking about, Yug?" Jou looked. " Gah!! That guy looks exactly like the Dark Magician."
" For the love of heaven, arigatou, Yugi Motou!" Seto snapped. " Now the mutt is going to act all idiotic because Onen is the Dark Magician. Any questions, Honda? Anzu? Jou?"

" Lots." Yami answered. " For one thing, why did the Dark Magician come to you, and why is he in a trenchcoat?"

To their surprise, Seto started laughing. He finally couldn't stop himself and gave up hiding behind the newspaper. The more he thought about it, the funnier it became.

You'll have to excuse him. Imagine yourself what the Dark Magician would look like in a trenchcoat.

" Oh, this again." Onen sighed.
" Hey, at least that's better then...a suit." Seto choked out, finally getting the better of his mirth. " It's your own fault you came here."
" Hm." Onen answered.
" Now, tell me again why you want to come here in the first place?"
" To bring you home."

Seto folded his arms. " Hai, right. To bring me home. What if I don't want to?"
" You would. You don't have all your memories yet." Onen sounded unhappy. " Don't you want to see your mother?"
" Sure. Hi Oka-san! What big teeth you have!"

You can imagine how confused the others were by now. They, obviously, didn't have the explanation I had given you in the beginning, so right now they are so totally lost.

Which could be mended.

" What in the world is going on here?" Yami asked.

Now, that's a typical way to ask a question, although there were many other ways he could have asked. However, Yami did not like the situation and naturally was not polite. Onen and Seto pardoned him, but didn't feel like explaining it. It was Mokuba who saved the day.

" Seto's a Blue Eyes White Dragon!"

Well, not really...saved, because that answer just led to more confusion.
" Nani?"
" What are you talking about, Mokuba?"
" Huh?"
" What the heck? That's ridiculous!"
" Do you mean..."
" Does that mean what I think it means?"

" Onegai, spare me this nonsense." Seto sighed. " Can we go home now?"



" That is the oddest thing I've ever seen in my life." Yami began. " First of all, Seto is actually acting like a normal teenager. Second, he actually knows the Dark Magician's name. Mokuba seems to be familiar with Onen as well."
" You forgot to mention that Seto is a demon." Yugi muttered, " And apparently you banished half of him into the Shadow Realm that time when we first dueled."
" That half apparently was his Dragon side. Although when it came back it was nowhere near appealing." Yami thought about the other duel at Duelist Kingdom where Pegasus brought back Seto's " dark" side.
" Well, what do you suppose the Dark Magician is doing here?"
" He mentioned bringing Seto home."
" Then why is he at the game shop?"
" I guess because he's interested in our puzzle? I don't know." Yami thought for a while.

Yugi stared at his Yami for a moment.
" Well...what should we do then?"
" Let's wait." Said the Pharaoh slowly. " Maybe the answers will come to us."



" Mai, I need your help. Why are you laughing?"
" It's not everyday that the CEO of Kaiba Corps comes to my door begging me for help."
" I'll get back at you later. I have something that's even more ' not everyday'. In fact, it's a once in a century event. I have Duel Monsters living in my mansion all itching to ' see the world'. Do you know what people will think when they see the Flaming Swordsman walking down the streets with me?"
" You're kidding!" Mai blinked. " What are you talking about?"
" This is what I'm talking about!" And Seto lifted in front of her face a real live Kuribo.

Squeaking, the creature nuzzled against Mai, making her very annoyed, then hopped on Seto's head. Seto never appreciated Kuribo in his conscious lifetime.

Mai, first annoyed, suddenly gaped in surprise as the creature squealed happily.
" That's...that's...that's..."
" A Kuribo, if you forgot what it looked like." Seto shooed it off. " Now, I have the Mystic Elf, the Magician of Faith, the Change of Heart, and great many other monsters that need change of clothing. Anzu has bad taste. You're the expert. Onegai, I really need your help. This is nuts!"



You can imagine what Mai thought when she entered the Kaiba mansion and a Baby Dragon toddled across. It was like a Duel Monsters zoo there. There were insects, dragons, dinosaurs, turtles, spellcasters. It was terrible.

" I can't do anything for the beasts." Mai pointed out. " I can only do something for...maybe the Change of Heart. But seriously, Seto, how did you do that?"
" Long story." He muttered, rubbing his temple. " Just do what you must."



It's awfully interesting, Mai thought, To buy clothes for these extremely tall people and watch them fuss around with the clothes in front of the mirror. Now all we have to do is to change some of their hair styles and no one would know them.

Some creatures, like the Change of Heart, Mai had more trouble with because she had wings. The Mystic Elf needed a lot of makeup to cover up her blue skin. Some others, like the Flaming Swordsman, wouldn't give up his weapon, and the Pharaoh Imp was forced to stay at home.

They seem to like clothing. Mai mused as she watched the girls especially, show off in front of the mirror. Now for their hair.

Mai had to admit she had a lot of fun with these people. She was puzzled though, about why they were in Kaiba's place out of all places. So while she was designing the Magician of Faith's hair, she started to ask questions.

" Why Kaiba?" She asked.
" Kaiba's a Blue Eyes White Dragon." The magician answered. " Ow!"
" Oh, gomen." Mai loosened a bit. " I don't understand."
" Of course you don't. Seto was born as a human when he was little. He was the cutest thing! We all loved him, and he was very powerful. More powerful than the Blue Eyes White Dragon, or the Ultamite Dragon for that matter. Unfortunately, Pegasus revived the game and Seto, by accident, came into this world. He lost all his memories."
" Oh...alright?"
" So ever since Yugi go the puzzle, Seto got his memories, little by little. He still doesn't know the whole story yet but he's scared. You understand, right?"
" Sure. Who wouldn't be, living their life here and suddenly realizing they're a dragon."
" So, we're here to get little Seto back home. He wants to go too but is too scared right now. Going back takes a lot of energy, you know. We need the Millennium Items and also some other things. Someone's after Seto too."
" Looks like that someone is not someone to worry about." Mai observed.
" He is, actually." Said the magician, and Mai noticed her voice had a tone of concern to it. " With us here, Seto is basically safe, but you never know. Ow!"
" Oh, gomen."



Late at night the Mystic Elf and the Magic Elf crept into the room where Seto lay. The boy had been exhausted from the day and had just planned to rest his tired limbs on the bed for a while. Little did he know he was about to fall asleep on it.

The Mystic Elf smiled sadly and pulled at the blankets. The Magic Elf waited at the doorway as the other covered Seto snugly, tucking him in, before the Magic Elf turned off the lights and they closed the door behind them. Tomorrow Seto will be giving them the grand tour of Earth, or as much of it as Domino and the places around it might cover.