Chapter 3: As you know, I don't own Yu-gi-oh, or any of the characters or their personalities. I do however own Rosetta, and all her friends that she remembers, and anything that she remembers for that matter. I also don't own any ancient Egyptian artefacts or any magazines, or TV shows, but I really really wish I did.

As Kaiba stared out the window at the bright blue sky, he realized that he wasn't focusing on his work.

 "It's too nice to stay inside. But I have a commitment to the company, I can't slack off. Besides, I have too much work as it is. Got to concentrate." Seto said trying to wrench his eyes from the glimmering ocean, but found it was too alluring.

Behind the door, Mokuba was watching his big brother struggling with his work.

"When should I tell him that his prom and exams are next month?" Mokuba wondered looking behind him at the calendar on the wall. He looked back at his big brother holding his head and yelling in agony "why can't I get this work done". He thought for a moment and decided it wasn't a good idea to tell him about the prom, and that Seto had too much on his mind as it was.

About 5 minutes later, Kaiba found himself looking out the window again, lost in thought about ancient Egypt and the millennium artefacts. He was wrenched out of thought by something blinking on his computer screen, and sound: 'You've got mail!' coming from the speakers. Seto clicked the blinking 'KC' on the screen and waited for the message to load. A video clip popped up.

"Hey, how's it going Kaiba!" a familiar, yet unwanted voice blared on the speakers, Joey's face in the middle of the screen. "Me and the gang here would like to place a bet," the video said as 5 teenagers popped up in the background. Serenity was standing in the middle, next to Mai, Duke, Tristan, Téa, and finally Yugi. Even seeing Yugi made Seto's fist tighten.

The video went on: "If you win this bet, we will give you $500 dollars, courtesy of a car wash we held at our school, but if you lose, you have to give us a rare card, for each of us duelest. So here it goes; we bet you, you couldn't find a girlfriend for the prom in less than 1 month. Did ya' get that? 1 whole month money banks to find your self a girl for the prom. We'll be waiting for a reply!"

Kaiba stared at the blank screen for a while, in thought. "This might be useful.I need all the money I can get, but where am I going to find a girl in such short notice. And since when have we had a prom? Wait.if we're having our prom that means exams are before that. I can't believe Mokuba didn't tell me! I guess he was just worried. I'll reply saying yes." Kaiba thought to himself.

Back at Yugi's house, the teenagers sat laughing at their bet they had made with Kaiba. They were sitting in the living room with hot chocolate over a whirring laptop.

"He couldn't find a date if his life depended on it!" laughed Tristan, he and Duke had been fighting over who would be taking Serenity to the prom for about an hour so it was good to sit back and laugh.

 "That pre-Madonna couldn't find a date if his ego depended on it! And that's pretty important to someone like him!" Joey replied. This comment made Tea cry and both Mai and Duke fall off the couch laughing.

 "Come on you guys, no more, my stomach can't handle it!!" said Mai through a fit of laughs.

 "This carwash we did should pay off the bet, if he ever manages to find a girlfriend!" said Duke trying to get up off the floor.

"That's a big if Duke!" Tea said wiping her eye. Yugi kept silent and looked outside. He was secretly having a discussion with Yami.

 "Yami, I don't think this is right, I mean, Kaiba has so much on his mind, like exams and the finances for battle city, but the guys seem to think this is a good idea, so I don't want to disappoint them." Yugi told Yami in his soul chamber.

 "I understand. But I sense that Kaiba has more on his mind than just exams and finances, I feel that there is more." replied Yami.

"What should I do then? Maybe I should lay off the jokes for now, but" Yugi was suddenly interrupted by a voice on the computer.

 "Hey look everyone! Dog face replied!" Joey yelled. Everyone crowed around the computer and watched the video clip.

"Hello losers, nice to hear from you (not). I got your foolish e-mail and your stupid bet, but since I am in financial debt, I will agree to your childish game." Kaiba's voice rang out from the speakers. "I hope that you have the money because by the end of the semester, you're going to be $500 shorter. Happy studying!"

There was a moment of silence before all of them burst out laughing.

"He actually fell for it! He thinks that he can get a girlfriend in one month and win the bet!" Duke laughed uncontrollably.

That night, Yugi snuck downstairs. Something was bothering him about the e- mail Kaiba had sent them and wanted to find out exactly what it was. He turned the computer on and uploaded the file. The small shadow in the darkness watched it 3 times before he saw something in the background. The guys had failed to see it because they turned it off before the video file ended. Kaiba was crying. It was subtle but visible as one tear fell down the blue eyed man's face.

"Poor Kaiba," Yugi muttered "he's got so much on his mind; this is the last thing he needs to worry about. Maybe we should reconsider..."

"No, just wait my little Hikari." Yami whispered, "I sense that this might turn out better than expected.for Kaiba anyway." "Huh? Well, I never question you Yami, you always have the right answers." Yugi smiled at his Yami. Feeling relived, Yugi returned to bed and slept peacefully.