"Yugi! Mail!"
Yugi ran down the steps as he turned around to make sure Varie wasn't following him. He had told gramps and now they were just trying to figure out how to keep a cat girl hidden.
Yugi took the mail from his grandfather and opened it. It read:
Welcome duelists. You are invited to the duel monsters tournament of the century, . . . again.
Yugi laughed as Varie jumped on top of the couch and peered over his shoulder. "I wanna go!" She pointed at the bottom where it said 'one guest allowed per duelist.'
"No way! We couldn't hide you!"
"Please Yugi," she pleaded as she laid on top of the couch and suddenly got interested in batting at his hair and then bit it and just hurt her teeth.
* * *
"Do you find your clothes suitable." Serena gave Marik a disgusted look as she dumped the thick cloak on the ground again.
"I'm not going to wear that." He threw a duel disk to her and she caught it.
"Chose the rare cards you want to finish off your deck," Serena nodded and walked to a table and picked up several cards: Saint Joan and Guardian Angel Joan. "I'm ready."
* * *
"Welcome duelists to the battle city finals. Please head to your rooms right away." Varie eagerly jumped up. She had been forced to wear a long dress and a bandana to try to hide her ears and tail. They were then introduced to the four new duelists. Bakura had disappeared upon their return and so had his sister Kalina.
"This is Marie, she is a professional with light monsters. Then both Duke and Mokuba have made it in."
"And the fourth?"
"I'm the fourth." The person stepped forward looking disgusted in their rare hunter cloak.
"Ya chicken! Take off yer cloak and let's see ya!" Marik gave a slight nod and Serena sighed and dropped her cloak off and that caused everyone to freeze.
"Your highness?"
"Serena!" Kaiba sat there in sudden shock.
"Quit gawking, it's time to duel."
"We leave in ten minutes."
Joey left for the outside to get a few breaths of air because he remembered the last blimp ride. He had gotten so sick.
"Are you Joseph Wheeler?"
"Yeah," Joey turned around and looked at the figure. He recognized the woman as Ishizu Ishtar.
"This card rightfully belongs to you," she said as she handed him a card. It had no attack or defense written and had no stars as well.
"You need not sacrifice to summon it and it automatically becomes undefeatable because when it is played it summons the four Egyptian God cards."
"Four?"
"Yes, Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, the Winged Dragon of Ra, and Nekolo the Mystical Fury of the Sphinx."
"Ya sure ya wanted me?"
"Yes Joseph, you are the chosen one of this card, Morgador the Dragon of Death."
Joey took the card shaking slightly as he put it in his deck and returned to the blimp.
"Joey! Where have you been?"
"Well, now I'm right here Yuge." He shivered as he saw Serena standing there looking as cool and cold as ever. Or maybe even more so. Her stance was even more regal than Joey or Seto remembered as she walked past them.
"One side note boys, keep out of my way."
"I think we're in trouble," Varie whispered.
* * *
"I seemed to notice that you were a bit cautious. You know them?"
"Of course I do, Master Marik." Serena turned away. "Seto Kaiba asked me to come back with him."
"Sounds like love to me." Marik's voice abandoned her as she heard a knock on her door and she went to open it. Seto Kaiba was standing there poised ready to knock again.
"Why are you working with him?"
She turned coldly away and Seto stepped forward just to walk into the now closed door.
"Some lady's man yeh are."
"Shut up mutt." Seto rubbed his face it was pretty sore. Joey left as he continued laughing at the teenage CEO. After what seemed like forever Serena finally opened to door. Seto was sitting on the ground outside of her door. "So, are you just going to sit here or do you want to come in?"
Seto stood up and turned in shock towards the queen. Her face was pale and she seemed worn out.
"Are you alright?"
Her eyes sharpened as she turned towards him. "I'm fine," her voice was low and cold, even colder than most. Her eyes turned towards the window as she sat down on her bed and Seto leaned closely to her. Serena certainly wasn't sure about this as she moved away.
"What are you worried about?"
"Nothing," she turned away but Seto grabbed her and knelt down. His lips brushed her face.
Father, mother, Allen, Sakuyo, they're all gone. How can I do this? What's happening in Fanelia? What about my people? Serena stopped thinking as she felt her head jerk upwards in the embrace.
* * *
Serena woke in the morning light. The duels would be beginning and she was no longer so certain about everything. Her head was pounding as she froze. She wasn't alone in her bed.
"Kaiba," she hissed and before Seto Kaiba, CEO of KaibaCorp, knew he was on the floor with a very riled up queen looking over him. She threw his clothes towards him and stood up as she dressed. Suddenly Kaiba jerked to the side as a dagger was thrown right beside his head.
"I take it you're a little pissed off?" Serena stood up and pulled on her clothes. "I hope you packed your bags Kaiba. Because you're going down today."
Seto smirked, "have fun trying. You won't even make it as far as the mutt." Serena measured him with a glare.
"I'll enjoy crushing you for a final time Kaiba."
"You have your own arena your highness but now you are in mine."
A smirk flickered across her face. "You may be good Kaiba but I was Gaia's Master Strategist. I've been fighting full scale wars while you were still sucking your thumb."
Yugi ran down the steps as he turned around to make sure Varie wasn't following him. He had told gramps and now they were just trying to figure out how to keep a cat girl hidden.
Yugi took the mail from his grandfather and opened it. It read:
Welcome duelists. You are invited to the duel monsters tournament of the century, . . . again.
Yugi laughed as Varie jumped on top of the couch and peered over his shoulder. "I wanna go!" She pointed at the bottom where it said 'one guest allowed per duelist.'
"No way! We couldn't hide you!"
"Please Yugi," she pleaded as she laid on top of the couch and suddenly got interested in batting at his hair and then bit it and just hurt her teeth.
* * *
"Do you find your clothes suitable." Serena gave Marik a disgusted look as she dumped the thick cloak on the ground again.
"I'm not going to wear that." He threw a duel disk to her and she caught it.
"Chose the rare cards you want to finish off your deck," Serena nodded and walked to a table and picked up several cards: Saint Joan and Guardian Angel Joan. "I'm ready."
* * *
"Welcome duelists to the battle city finals. Please head to your rooms right away." Varie eagerly jumped up. She had been forced to wear a long dress and a bandana to try to hide her ears and tail. They were then introduced to the four new duelists. Bakura had disappeared upon their return and so had his sister Kalina.
"This is Marie, she is a professional with light monsters. Then both Duke and Mokuba have made it in."
"And the fourth?"
"I'm the fourth." The person stepped forward looking disgusted in their rare hunter cloak.
"Ya chicken! Take off yer cloak and let's see ya!" Marik gave a slight nod and Serena sighed and dropped her cloak off and that caused everyone to freeze.
"Your highness?"
"Serena!" Kaiba sat there in sudden shock.
"Quit gawking, it's time to duel."
"We leave in ten minutes."
Joey left for the outside to get a few breaths of air because he remembered the last blimp ride. He had gotten so sick.
"Are you Joseph Wheeler?"
"Yeah," Joey turned around and looked at the figure. He recognized the woman as Ishizu Ishtar.
"This card rightfully belongs to you," she said as she handed him a card. It had no attack or defense written and had no stars as well.
"You need not sacrifice to summon it and it automatically becomes undefeatable because when it is played it summons the four Egyptian God cards."
"Four?"
"Yes, Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, the Winged Dragon of Ra, and Nekolo the Mystical Fury of the Sphinx."
"Ya sure ya wanted me?"
"Yes Joseph, you are the chosen one of this card, Morgador the Dragon of Death."
Joey took the card shaking slightly as he put it in his deck and returned to the blimp.
"Joey! Where have you been?"
"Well, now I'm right here Yuge." He shivered as he saw Serena standing there looking as cool and cold as ever. Or maybe even more so. Her stance was even more regal than Joey or Seto remembered as she walked past them.
"One side note boys, keep out of my way."
"I think we're in trouble," Varie whispered.
* * *
"I seemed to notice that you were a bit cautious. You know them?"
"Of course I do, Master Marik." Serena turned away. "Seto Kaiba asked me to come back with him."
"Sounds like love to me." Marik's voice abandoned her as she heard a knock on her door and she went to open it. Seto Kaiba was standing there poised ready to knock again.
"Why are you working with him?"
She turned coldly away and Seto stepped forward just to walk into the now closed door.
"Some lady's man yeh are."
"Shut up mutt." Seto rubbed his face it was pretty sore. Joey left as he continued laughing at the teenage CEO. After what seemed like forever Serena finally opened to door. Seto was sitting on the ground outside of her door. "So, are you just going to sit here or do you want to come in?"
Seto stood up and turned in shock towards the queen. Her face was pale and she seemed worn out.
"Are you alright?"
Her eyes sharpened as she turned towards him. "I'm fine," her voice was low and cold, even colder than most. Her eyes turned towards the window as she sat down on her bed and Seto leaned closely to her. Serena certainly wasn't sure about this as she moved away.
"What are you worried about?"
"Nothing," she turned away but Seto grabbed her and knelt down. His lips brushed her face.
Father, mother, Allen, Sakuyo, they're all gone. How can I do this? What's happening in Fanelia? What about my people? Serena stopped thinking as she felt her head jerk upwards in the embrace.
* * *
Serena woke in the morning light. The duels would be beginning and she was no longer so certain about everything. Her head was pounding as she froze. She wasn't alone in her bed.
"Kaiba," she hissed and before Seto Kaiba, CEO of KaibaCorp, knew he was on the floor with a very riled up queen looking over him. She threw his clothes towards him and stood up as she dressed. Suddenly Kaiba jerked to the side as a dagger was thrown right beside his head.
"I take it you're a little pissed off?" Serena stood up and pulled on her clothes. "I hope you packed your bags Kaiba. Because you're going down today."
Seto smirked, "have fun trying. You won't even make it as far as the mutt." Serena measured him with a glare.
"I'll enjoy crushing you for a final time Kaiba."
"You have your own arena your highness but now you are in mine."
A smirk flickered across her face. "You may be good Kaiba but I was Gaia's Master Strategist. I've been fighting full scale wars while you were still sucking your thumb."