Original Cards used this chapter: None!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, an update!

OK, this chapter introduces some of the original cast, so it should be interesting, as I've never written about them before...

Oh well, took me forever to get good ideas for this chappie, as Brian has a broken leg *wince*...

Anyway, I'll try my best...

Onto the story!

A World of Questions

By opaltiger

Chapter Seven: A Fresh Start

Brian woke in a dark, dirty alley. He could barely remember dragging himself to the spot amidst all the pain. He glanced at his leg, and winced. It was obviuosly broken.

Trying to drag himself to the main streets, Brian collapsed after a few metres. Dropping back into the world of blackness, dreams took him yet again.

***

'How is he?'

'He looks hurt. We should do something.'

'As I said, why, exactly, should I care about the likes of him?'

'Come on, big brother, his leg is broken...'

Brian opened his eyes, and saw two figures standing near him. They seemed to be arguing hotly over something. 'Help...' he managed to say, before passing out yet again.

***

Mokuba Kaiba grinned as he walked along beside his older brother. Until now, this day was turning out perfect. He licked his ice-cream, looking around at the buildings of Domino City. Yep, this day was brilliant. His gaze dropped onto a dark heap in an alley, and he looked closer. It seemed to be a body.

'Seto, I think someone might be hurt.' Mokuba pointed to the heap.

His older brother, Seto Kaiba, CEO of Kaiba Corp., looked in the direction his little brother was pointing. 'Why should I care about every single drunk in Domino?' he asked coldly.

'But Seto, he looks hurt...' Mokuba walked over to the figure.

Seto sighed. 'How is he?' he asked.

'He looks hurt. We should do something,' Mokuba repeated.

'As I said, why, exactly, shoul I care about the likes of him?' Seto shot at his younger brother.

'But big brother, his leg is broken...'

Mokuba looked at him with what he had dubbed the 'Mokuba Puppy Dog Eyes of Doom'.

Seto sighed again. 'I'll get someone to help him...' His gaze fell on the Duel Monsters cards in the boy's hand. Walkng closer, he took the cards and looked at them. His gaze rested on one card. 'Mokuba, I believe my mind has been changed...'

***

The next time Brian opened his eyes, he was staring at a white plaster celiing. He felt around, and touched the sheets on his bed. Looking around, he saw his deck on the bedside table. As he tried to turn, pain shot through his leg. Then he remembered it was broken.

'You shouldn't move around, you know. That leg isn't going to get better if you keep on shifting.'

Brian turned to the speaker, a boy perhaps three years younger than him, with very spiky black hair and blue eyes.

'My name's Mokuba. What's yours?' he asked.

'Brian.' He glanced at his watch. According to it, it was twelve-thirty in the morning on the tenth of June. Last time he had checked it was the ninth. 'Where am I?' he asked, his voice weak with pain.

'This is the medical ward in Kaiba Corp. We found you and brought you here. The doctors say your leg has been infected, and you have severe burns.'

Kaiba Corp. Where had he heard that before? 'We?' Brian asked.

Mokuba nodded. 'Me and my big brother, Seto Kaiba.'

Now that definitely rang a bell.

Just then, a young man in a blue trench coat walked in. 'I see you have awoken. I am Seto Kaiba, head of Kaiba Corp. We found you in an alley with a broken leg.'

'Seto Kaiba... the millionaire?' Brian asked.

Seto nodded. 'Now I should leave you to rest. Your leg has apparently been badly infected, and you have a fever. You may have to stay here for quite some time.'

'But the tournament, the Dagger...' Brian realised what he had just said. Thankfully, Kaiba hadn't seemed to notice, and the teenage millionaire left the room.

***

Months passed, and Brian remained with the Kaiba brothers. His leg healed in two weeks, and since then he had spent the last eleven months dueling against Seto and Mokuba, improving his deck, and learning about Domino City. Brian figured he could always track down whoever had stolen the Dagger in the next tournament… After his slip on that first day, he had never mentioned the Dagger again, and Seto had never asked. One day, as the start of the tournament was approaching, Brian received a visit from Seto.

Brian looked up as the millionaire entered. 'Are you entering the tournament?' Brian asked.

Seto shook his head. 'No. But I figured you would, since I've often heard you grumbling about missing last year's one.'

Brian nodded. 'Yeah, I intend to enter, alright. With all the new strategies and cards in my deck, I have quite a chance.' He looked at Seto. 'Why do you ask?'

Seto sighed. 'I've come to ask a favour of you. I've heard you muttering about a Dagger before, and I guessed it must have been stolen during the tournamnet. Am I right?' Brian looked surprised.

'How did you find out? I mean, you never asked.'

Seto nodded. 'Exactly. I never asked, you never answered. That way I simply guessed. If I had asked, you might have stopped talking.'

Brian looked at him. 'OK, then, what do you want?' he asked.

'I would like to make a deal with you. You see, the person who possesses this Dagger also holds something I would like to... acquire.'

Brian nodded. 'And how do you know he has my Dagger?' he asked.

'I guessed. You see, on the day we found you, I looked through your deck, and saw your God Card. The man who has your Dagger also has a God Card. I connected the dagger with the card, and his Sword with his card. Basically, what I believe is that this man will enter, or might host, the tournament. I find him, you beat him, you get your Dagger, I get the God Card. Deal?'

Brian thought for a moment. It was as good a chance as any, and without Kaiba Corp's satellite tracking he might never find his opponent. 'You have a deal.'

***

Brian got up early on the day of tournament. Getting dressed, he looked through his deck one last time, just to make sure everything was OK. He noticed an envelope on his dresser. Taking it, he broke the seal and read the contents.

Here is something just to make sure you don't lose.

Seto Kaiba

Looking at the card, Brian wondered how even Kaiba could have gotten such a rare card.

To be continued...

Yay! Another chappie! Yay! I'm going to see the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen today!

I bet none of you saw that one coming! Can anyone guess what card Brian got? Sorry 'bout this chapter, it's pretty crap, but it's a ...FILLER! (I seem to be using that excuse a lot, don't you think? *See Soul of Dragons for more info*)

Also, I apologize for the change in format, for some reason I really like double lines... Maybe because the first fic I ever read on FFN had that format... Oh well, just bear with me!