Hiiiiiiiii! I'm back from vacation and ready to write! Thanks to reviewers, again. And I would like to make one thing clear; I do not hate Merik, I LOVE HIM! I just have to portray him evil, though. And I'm very sorry for the grief I caused for Meriksangel, soooo sorry! Anybob, I don't own Yugioh, and I love Kaiba! (And can't forget poor Merik!)

4. A duel to remember...or forget

They both squeezed into the small tube-shaped elevator. It felt like a silent blizzard inside the tightly packed elevator. Kaiba towered over Ishizu. She smells good, he noticed, like the wind off the Nile River.

He had gone to Egypt once, on a business trip to Cairo.

(Flashback)

Kaiba stood on the bank of the east side of the Nile River. He breathed in the scent of the wind. "You really should take off that trench coat, Seto. Aren't you boiling, it's 95 ° outside."-------------

(Flashback interrupted) "Top floor. Dueling arena." Said the computerized voice. "Hmph.", Ishizu said. Kaiba smirked, "Ladies first." She glared at him, "Don't be a smartass, we already pay taxes for you to act that way at work, we don't need it away from the expensive office."

He blinked twice. As they were raised on the platform, Ishizu called out to Kaiba, "Your own card will be your downfall, Mr. Kaiba." Kaiba shoved his deck into his duel-disk, "Shut up, and get your ass creamed quietly."

Joey tried to climb onto the field, held back by Tristan and Yugi; he shouted to Kaiba, "That is NO way to talk to a lady! No wonda' you aint' got no girlfriend!" Seto looked down at Joey with a bored look, "Control yourself, mutt, your snout does not belong in this duel! And my personal life is none of your business."

Duke laughed, "That's a good one, Kaiba!" Téa laughed too, "Yeah, Kaiba, You don't have a personal life!" Ishizu turned back to Seto, "When your life is devoted solely into work, you become a hard, outer shell—""ENOUGH!" Kaiba shouted, "I didn't come here to listen to a therapy session! I came here to duel."

She nodded, "Let's duel!" they said in union. "Again, ladies first." said Kaiba.

Ishizu picked a card from her hand, "I place this face down in defense mode, and place two cards face down below." Kaiba smirked, "I play this quick-play card, Stop Defense!" The card appeared on the his side, Ishizu smiled vaguely........................

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Ooooooh! What does Ishizu have up her sleeves? (If she had any.) Mmwwmamwmwamwmawmwaawmwmaaa! Cliffie!!!!!