---I am back! Sorry I have not updated in 2 weeks, I have been in Canada. Very beautiful up there eh? Oh, yes! However, I have missed my computer. In addition, I have missed my bro the most! (Huggles Seto) oh come on you know you missed me! I read that review. Yes the truths all out now.

Oh yeah, about the name change. Today on the way home from Wal-Mart I was opening some packs of YGO cards and got an idea for some stories. However, one of the names I need to use for my little group of stories was already a story I had written so I decided to make it part of the saga, and this one too. However, in order for it to fit I had to change the name, all this will make sense when I get the other stories written...

yes I had to get that in before I started because I would forget about it before the end of the chapter. ---

Chapter Sixteen

War

"Laria it's your turn."

It was lunch and Ryou and Malik were trying to teach Duel Monsters to Laria. She was catching on, but slowly. She was dueling Ryou right now, and losing.

"Ok, tell me the point of going on when I only have fifty life points left," Laria asked drawing a card.

"Oh come now, Laria," Malik said looking at her hand, "you can beat him."

"And how?" Laria asked skeptically. Malik whispered the directions in her ear.

"Ok, first I will play Fissure, destroying your White Magical Hat," Laria smiled.

"Good move," Ryou said putting his monster in his Graveyard.

"Then I will play Headless Night and attack you directly, and I believe you lose."

"Good, Laria," Ryou smiled, "You're really getting the hang of this."

"Humph..." Seto was standing by; he had been watching the duel. Laria looked up and saw him. She stood up and went over to him.

"Hey Kaiba," she said cheerfully "I just won my first duel!"

"Big deal," Seto said coldly.

"Well I think it's a big deal, I've never won a duel before," Laria snapped.

"You didn't even win that duel, Lar," Seto said, "Malik did."

"No, he was just helping me," Laria said, she was getting mad now, "This was only my third duel."

"So?"

Laria scowled and stormed back to where Ryou and Malik were now dueling. She booted Malik out of his seat and sat down.

"Hey!"

"Can you believe that guy!" Laria fumed, "And he calls himself my brother!"

"It's ok Laria," Ryou said, "He's always been that way."

"He only cares about himself," Malik added.

"Apparently," Laria said glaring in Seto's direction.

"We should be getting to class, lunch is almost over," Ryou said.

"Ok."

Laria, Malik, and Ryou stood up and headed back inside the school. As they walked past Seto, he stuck out his foot and tripped his sister. Laria fell to the ground face first. She sat up quickly and saw Seto put his foot back. She stood up and grabbed him by his collar.

"Walk much Lar?" he said coolly.

"Oh, you're going to pay for it now Kaiba," Laria said though gritted teeth.

"I'd like to see you try," Seto glared at her. Malik pulled Laria off her twin brother.

"Alright you two, that's enough!" Ryou said. Laria raised a fist at Seto.

"He's going to get what he deserves!" Laria yelled, "He had no right tripping me!"

"Jeez Kaiba," Malik said, "your meaner to your own sister then you are to Pharaoh."

"Ever heard of sibling rivalry Ishtar?" Seto asked.

"No, this isn't rivalry!" Laria said, "This is war!"

She stormed off scowling Ryou and Malik glared at Seto and followed her.

At The Kaiba Mansion...

Yani and Atemu had been searching for a while now. So far, they had not found anything useful. Yani stopped reading. She felt an unbalance.

…Aibou?...

…What… Laria snapped.

…What's the matter?...

…Kaiba, he's the matter!...

…Now what did he do?...

…He tripped me!...

…Really?...

…Yes, I fell face first on the floor…

…That must have hurt…

…Yeah, then Malik and Ryou wouldn't let me pound him into the ground!...

…Well they probably had a good reason…

…I don't care; Kaiba's giving me gray hair, literally!...

…Gray hair!...

…Yes, why is there something wrong?...

…No, nothing, I'll see you after school ok?...

…Ok…

Yani sighed, Atemu glanced over at her.

"Something wrong?"

"Laria... her symptoms are getting worse," Yani said.

Back At School...

Laria was sitting at her desk. She pulled a lock of gray hair into her view and sighed. It was the last class of the day and she was glad. She was tired and wanted to go home and take a nap. She was a little surprised by this because she never got tired during the day. She could stay up until the wee hours of the morning and still not be tired the next day.

Perhaps all the staying up late was finally getting to her. Yeah that's what it was; I've just been staying up to late. She laid her head down on her desk and closed her eyes. She must have fell asleep because the next thing she knew there was the loud SLAM! Of a heavy book dropping on her desk. She jumped up almost out of her chair.

The whole class laughed. Laria scowled, not because she laughed at, but because she had fallen asleep in class. She then looked up to see her teacher standing next to her desk.

"This was your first time Ms. Kaiba," he said sternly, "I will let you off with just a warning. But if it happens again you will be serving detention with me, do I make my self clear?"

"Yes, sir," Laria said staring down at her desk.

"Good," the teacher said as he returned to the front of the room to continue to lecture about whatever he was lecturing about. Laria was not paying attention. What was happening? Her hair was turning gray, she was falling asleep in class... it did not make any sense. Eventually the bell rang signaling school was over.

Laria picked up her books and slowly walked out of the room. On most days, she was the first one out of the room, but today she was one of the last, she walked over to her locker, put her books in her bag and zipped it up. Malik and Ryou joined her.

"What's with you're hair?" Malik asked, Laria looked at him, "It's turning gray!"

"Yeah, I noticed," Laria said as they headed out of the school.

"So are you going to come over?" Ryou asked.

"I decided not to, I'm going to go home," Laria said, "And take a nap."

"A nap?" Malik asked, "Are you feeling ok?"

"Yes I'm just tired," Laria said as they stepped outside the school, "I think I've stayed up late one night to many. I fell asleep in class."

"Laria, are you sure you're ok?" Ryou said sounding concerned. Laria felt herself blush. She did not know anyone else to care so much for her, except maybe Malik and his sister.

"Yes, Ryou, I'm sure," they had stopped at the corner, from there the three teens split off into different directions. They said there good-byes and Laria promised to call them later tonight, after her nap.

---there you go, chapter... oh there is too many chapters I cannot keep tract of them all...---