YUGIOH

Amnesia

Chapter 7.

The gang all made it at the diner, as Kaiba showed up fashionably late. He slowly approached the group, seeing the spiky hair sticking up, wondering exactly who it would be. As he approached closer, Yugi looked up with his care-free look, saying, "Hi Kaiba!"

Joey scooted over, saying, "Hey, take a load off."

Kaiba sat down and sighed, saying, "All right.......I need to talk."

"Uh......" Tristan stuttered, hoping he didn't suddenly remember anything.

"What is it, Kaiba?" Yugi asked.

"Do you have a twin?" Kaiba asked.

"A twin?" Joey asked, looking at Yugi, like 'what did you do'?

"Yes, a twin. I don't want you guys messing with me, I want to know the truth. You know what I'm talking about, Yugi. I ran into you today.......but it wasn't you. Who is he??" Kaiba said, sounding almost angry.

"All right Kaiba, I'll tell you." Yugi said. "That was the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle."

Kaiba sighed, "I told you I don't want to be messed with. Do you think my memory lapse is suppose to be some kind of joke? You're the one's preaching to me about friendship all the time! Maybe you should put your money where your mouth is!"

"No Kaiba.......he's telling the truth. The item's magic." Joey said. When he still seemed unconvinced, Joey said, "Fine. Yug......can you bring him out, and we'll introduce him?"

"All right......" Yugi said.

'But you told me not to.'

'We need you out. Please spirit?' Yugi asked.

'Very well, Yugi.......'

With a faint shimmer from the Millennium Puzzle, Yugi's whole demeanor changed. He looked back up at him, and said, "Kaiba........we meet again."

Kaiba looked Yugi over, and groaned, "Great.......and I thought I was the one with the problems. Yugi......you need to see shrink about this matter. I'm surprised you haven't been committed, yet." Obviously, Kaiba still didn't believe in magic.

Yami looked confused, saying, "I don't think I understand. I don't feel sick."

Joey and Tristan then cracked up laughing, and Yugi took over once again.

Kaiba remained calm though, saying, "All right, I have another question......" Satisfied with his theory that Yugi has a serious split-personality problem. Infact, he figured it was no wonder he felt closer friends with Joey. Joey actually seemed the most stable of the group. They all quieted down, and waited to hear the next question. "Why does everyone here call me Kaiba?"

"I dunno........maybe cuz you 'are' Kaiba." Joey snickered.

"That's not what I meant." Kaiba smiled more lightly now, and less serious than before. "My brother calls me Seto, why doesn't anyone else?"

"Uh........" Joey and Tristan looked at each other, dumbfounded. Yugi smiled, saying, "That's because you felt it was more, uh.......more 'proper' to be called by your last name. I guess it's something that was taught to you when you were younger."

"Hmph." Kaiba said, not knowing that. "Well, I suppose that's okay......atleast with people I don't know. But you are all my friends......there's no reason you should all have to call me by my last name. It would be like me calling you Motou, or you Taylor, or you Wheeler......" Kaiba paused at that. For some reason, calling Joey as Wheeler felt......'right', somehow. He then continued, asking them, "Do you understand?"

"Yeah, so what you're saying is you want us ta call you Seto, right?" Joey asked.

"That's right." He answered.

"All right......lemme try it out and see if you like it okay", Joey said. "So uh.......Seto, how was school? Boring as usual?"

"Yeah........hey Seto, I think you got a spot on your jacket." Tristan said. When he looked, he joked, "Psyche!"

Finally Yugi said, "Seto.......I hope the Millennium spirit didn't upset you any in school today."

Kaiba paused.......somehow it didn't feel good having Yugi call him Seto. But he wasn't going to argue saying Yugi can't and the others could. "It was just a bit.......confusing." Kaiba responded to Yugi. "But it's okay, as long as it isn't catching." He added with a smile. The others laughed, as Kaiba paused for a moment, still thinking about the name Wheeler. For some reason it put another thought in his head, wondering if he was remembering something. He turned to Joey, and said, "Hey Joey.......this might sound strange, but.......do you have a pet dog?"

Joey's face then suddenly turned beat red, as Tristan snickered. "And why would you ask that??" Joey asked, defensively.

"What? What did I say? I don't know why I asked. I thought I remembered you having a pet dog. Am I wrong?" Kaiba asked.

"Yeah, you are!" Joey said, still defensive.

"I'm........sorry if I offended you, somehow." Kaiba said.

Joey softened, saying, "Don't worry about it." But Kaiba was still curious why he thought Joey had a dog, and why Joey was offended by him asking. Plus, the way the others chuckled about it, he could only think of one thing........'It must be a private joke.'