Raia rummaged through the fridge, and pulled out a wine cooler. Usually,
she would never have the stuff in the house. Seto didn't believe in
drinking, said it clouded the mind. To Raia, sometimes the mind needed to
be clouded.
But now, with her brothers in America, she was in charge. She could stay up as late as she wanted (another thing Seto had a problem with.), eat what she wanted and watch what she wanted.
She pulled out a tub of Ben and Jerry's and flipped to "Whose Line is it Anyway?" She cracked up the volume and settled down into Seto's favorite chair. Who needed to go out when you had all of life's greatest pleasures right at home?
Raia had just gotten the first bite of the sweet dessert in her mouth when the buzzer rang. She let out a groan and muted the TV, and ran up to the intercom.
"This better be good!"
"Raia?" The voice said.
"Yugi! Uh.come on up!"
They 4 friends arrived, and were greeted by Raia. They walked in and gasped. The apartment was a mess. Pizza boxes littered the table, the sink overflowed with dishes. The couch was torn apart, and dirty clothing littered the ground. Tea carefully made her way to a chair and sat down, while the guys cleared a spot on the second large couch. Raia took a drink from her glass and smiled.
"What do you need guys?"
"A maid service." Tea answered with mild disgust. Raia shrugged and ate another spoonful of ice cream.
"Raia, we came to ask you question." Yugi asked, trying not to look about.
"Well, ask me anything."
"What the hell is this?" Tristan asked, pulling on a piece of fabric lodged in the cushion
Raia smiled. "Your mother never teach you about that Tristan?" Tristan's eyes got wide, and he let go of the white fabric and moved away from it.
"Tristan, stop crowding me!" Joey shouted.
Yugi sighed. "We came to ask you about a teacher of yours and Seto's."
Raia set her drink down and leaned in close. "Why do you ask?"
"We were told this teacher of yours competed in a tournament Pegasus started up, one where he won a rare card. We need to talk to him about it."
Raia stood up and paced, and finally sighed. "Seto will kill me for this.."
"And he won't kill you for this?" Tea asked, talking about the room.
Raia laughed. "His name is Geno Roads."
Yugi looked at her in shock. "Geno Roads. The CEO, chairman and owner of Roads Inc, the number one communications business?"
"That's him. Seto and him are partners in crime, so to speak, and Geno taught Seto and me the game of duel monsters. Next year Seto wants him to teach Mokuba."
"We need to see him as soon as possible!" Joey said, standing up.
"Of course. If you guys will wait outside for a minute, I'll be out to show you his apartment."
Tea, Tristan and Joey headed out, but Raia stopped Yugi. His puzzle and her heart glowed, and their Yami's replaced the two teens.
Kaikou looked at the apartment in disgust. "She is such a pig."
Yami frowned. "What do you want? I'm guessing you didn't call me out to talk about housekeeping."
"I want to warn you about Geno. HE is an excellent duelist. He outranks Seto."
Yami smiled. "I've faced worst."
"Just..be careful. Geno has a something to help him."
Yami raised an eyebrow. "Like what?"
"I..I can't tell you." Kaikou moved to the window. Yami walked over to her.
"What kind of hold does this man hold over you that you can't tell me?"
Kaikou smiled. "You wouldn't understand. But be careful, not everything is as it seems." She gave him a quick peck on the check, and then, both were gone. Raia and Yugi shook their heads.
"What just happened?"
Raia frowned. "Who knows. Come on, let's get over there."
***
The 5 of them made their way through the streets of Domino as fast as they could. Though fast could be considered a false hope. Usually, Yugi and Joey attracted a few on lookers and autograph seekers, but with the sister of Seto Kabia (who was a great duelist in her own right), they managed to get a mob around them. The pushed and shoved there way to a large apartment complex, and people instantly left. They knew who lived there, and if Yugi and co. were meeting him, they didn't want to make him mad by keeping them.
Tristan walked up to where the door should be, but only found an elevator. They buzzed.
"Which floor does he live on?" Tea asked.
"All of them." Raia said. "He owns the whole building." She rang the buzzer again. "Geno! Answer the damn door!"
The buzzer crackled, and voice came over it. "Give me a break Raia, I was in the middle of practice. Come on up."
The elevator opened and the gang got in, taking it up 20 floors. The doors opened with a whoosh, and they stepped out into a gym of sorts. All around the walls were boxing bags, weight lifting machines and many different weapons.
"Hey Raia, what's up?"
Raia ran up and hugged the man hat had asked this, a young man about 20 years old, wearing a gray tee and jeans, this blonde hair plastered to his head. HE threw down his kendo sticks and grabbed a bottle of water.
"Yugi Moto I'm guessing?" HE asked.
"Ya." Yugi sat down on a machine. "MR. Roads, we have come here on Maximillion Pegasus' request." Geno's eyes flashed. "HE told us that you won a card at a tournament.."
"Why do you want my card Mr. Moto? And be honest."
Yugi sighed and explained the whole story. Geno chuckled, and for a moment, Yugi thought that the man didn't believe him.
"You may have the card Mr. Moto..but only if you beat me in a duel."
Yugi half sighed. He knew this was coming. But part of him was happy. Finally, a duel that could challenge him, if Raia was correct about Geno's skills.
"Alright, lets get this over with."
Geno lead him to an elevator. As he waited for it to open, Yugi thought.
"Geno will be difficult to defeat. I have no idea what kind of deck he runs, and if he was good enough to compete in that first tournament, he must have a lot of rare and powerful cards."
Yami appeared in front of him. "That's not the half of it."
"Oh?"
"Before we left, I talked to the spirit of the heart. She told me that Geno possess something else, a power that we can't image. And..and she appeared scared. He holds something, something that scares her so she doesn't dare tell, I guess."
"A rare card?"
"Maybe." He paused. "Yugi, I am worried about what Pegasus said. These cards resulted in my sealing. I do not know if we can defeat them by ourselves."
"We aren't by ourselves. We have our friends. And our deck. Together, we can't fail."
But now, with her brothers in America, she was in charge. She could stay up as late as she wanted (another thing Seto had a problem with.), eat what she wanted and watch what she wanted.
She pulled out a tub of Ben and Jerry's and flipped to "Whose Line is it Anyway?" She cracked up the volume and settled down into Seto's favorite chair. Who needed to go out when you had all of life's greatest pleasures right at home?
Raia had just gotten the first bite of the sweet dessert in her mouth when the buzzer rang. She let out a groan and muted the TV, and ran up to the intercom.
"This better be good!"
"Raia?" The voice said.
"Yugi! Uh.come on up!"
They 4 friends arrived, and were greeted by Raia. They walked in and gasped. The apartment was a mess. Pizza boxes littered the table, the sink overflowed with dishes. The couch was torn apart, and dirty clothing littered the ground. Tea carefully made her way to a chair and sat down, while the guys cleared a spot on the second large couch. Raia took a drink from her glass and smiled.
"What do you need guys?"
"A maid service." Tea answered with mild disgust. Raia shrugged and ate another spoonful of ice cream.
"Raia, we came to ask you question." Yugi asked, trying not to look about.
"Well, ask me anything."
"What the hell is this?" Tristan asked, pulling on a piece of fabric lodged in the cushion
Raia smiled. "Your mother never teach you about that Tristan?" Tristan's eyes got wide, and he let go of the white fabric and moved away from it.
"Tristan, stop crowding me!" Joey shouted.
Yugi sighed. "We came to ask you about a teacher of yours and Seto's."
Raia set her drink down and leaned in close. "Why do you ask?"
"We were told this teacher of yours competed in a tournament Pegasus started up, one where he won a rare card. We need to talk to him about it."
Raia stood up and paced, and finally sighed. "Seto will kill me for this.."
"And he won't kill you for this?" Tea asked, talking about the room.
Raia laughed. "His name is Geno Roads."
Yugi looked at her in shock. "Geno Roads. The CEO, chairman and owner of Roads Inc, the number one communications business?"
"That's him. Seto and him are partners in crime, so to speak, and Geno taught Seto and me the game of duel monsters. Next year Seto wants him to teach Mokuba."
"We need to see him as soon as possible!" Joey said, standing up.
"Of course. If you guys will wait outside for a minute, I'll be out to show you his apartment."
Tea, Tristan and Joey headed out, but Raia stopped Yugi. His puzzle and her heart glowed, and their Yami's replaced the two teens.
Kaikou looked at the apartment in disgust. "She is such a pig."
Yami frowned. "What do you want? I'm guessing you didn't call me out to talk about housekeeping."
"I want to warn you about Geno. HE is an excellent duelist. He outranks Seto."
Yami smiled. "I've faced worst."
"Just..be careful. Geno has a something to help him."
Yami raised an eyebrow. "Like what?"
"I..I can't tell you." Kaikou moved to the window. Yami walked over to her.
"What kind of hold does this man hold over you that you can't tell me?"
Kaikou smiled. "You wouldn't understand. But be careful, not everything is as it seems." She gave him a quick peck on the check, and then, both were gone. Raia and Yugi shook their heads.
"What just happened?"
Raia frowned. "Who knows. Come on, let's get over there."
***
The 5 of them made their way through the streets of Domino as fast as they could. Though fast could be considered a false hope. Usually, Yugi and Joey attracted a few on lookers and autograph seekers, but with the sister of Seto Kabia (who was a great duelist in her own right), they managed to get a mob around them. The pushed and shoved there way to a large apartment complex, and people instantly left. They knew who lived there, and if Yugi and co. were meeting him, they didn't want to make him mad by keeping them.
Tristan walked up to where the door should be, but only found an elevator. They buzzed.
"Which floor does he live on?" Tea asked.
"All of them." Raia said. "He owns the whole building." She rang the buzzer again. "Geno! Answer the damn door!"
The buzzer crackled, and voice came over it. "Give me a break Raia, I was in the middle of practice. Come on up."
The elevator opened and the gang got in, taking it up 20 floors. The doors opened with a whoosh, and they stepped out into a gym of sorts. All around the walls were boxing bags, weight lifting machines and many different weapons.
"Hey Raia, what's up?"
Raia ran up and hugged the man hat had asked this, a young man about 20 years old, wearing a gray tee and jeans, this blonde hair plastered to his head. HE threw down his kendo sticks and grabbed a bottle of water.
"Yugi Moto I'm guessing?" HE asked.
"Ya." Yugi sat down on a machine. "MR. Roads, we have come here on Maximillion Pegasus' request." Geno's eyes flashed. "HE told us that you won a card at a tournament.."
"Why do you want my card Mr. Moto? And be honest."
Yugi sighed and explained the whole story. Geno chuckled, and for a moment, Yugi thought that the man didn't believe him.
"You may have the card Mr. Moto..but only if you beat me in a duel."
Yugi half sighed. He knew this was coming. But part of him was happy. Finally, a duel that could challenge him, if Raia was correct about Geno's skills.
"Alright, lets get this over with."
Geno lead him to an elevator. As he waited for it to open, Yugi thought.
"Geno will be difficult to defeat. I have no idea what kind of deck he runs, and if he was good enough to compete in that first tournament, he must have a lot of rare and powerful cards."
Yami appeared in front of him. "That's not the half of it."
"Oh?"
"Before we left, I talked to the spirit of the heart. She told me that Geno possess something else, a power that we can't image. And..and she appeared scared. He holds something, something that scares her so she doesn't dare tell, I guess."
"A rare card?"
"Maybe." He paused. "Yugi, I am worried about what Pegasus said. These cards resulted in my sealing. I do not know if we can defeat them by ourselves."
"We aren't by ourselves. We have our friends. And our deck. Together, we can't fail."