Rabid Lawyers: (Thank you JewelValentine for letting me steal the rabid lawyers) ADD ONE!!!

Me: NO!

RL: YEEEESSSSSS!

Me: *runs into a tree* You'll never get me! Ahhahhhahhaa!

RL: *brings out a chain saw.*

Me: ****! I knew I shouldn'ta left that down there! FINE! I do NOT own Yugioh! Or most of the other characters for that matter, except: Nekomi, Hazime, Ki, and Matrome. That's all, as of yet, though there will be a few more new characters soon. *turns* are you all happy now?

RL: *sink into the ground*

Me: HEY! BRING MY CHAIN SAW BAAAAACK!!! Little... I'll start the story now. ---------------------------------------------------

Yugi walked aimlessly around Battle City, hoping that no one would challenge him to a duel and that he would see the mysterious girl again. Spotting a familiar person ahead, he waved. "Hey! Téa!"

She turned and snatched her arm away from the male figure walking beside her. "Yugi! I f-forgot! I was sup-posed to meet you at the docks!"

Normally the sight of one of his best friends with some strange guy would have made Yugi a bit suspicious, but today he had a lot more on his mind than normal. "Oh, that's okay. I met up with Joey and he told me where you had gone. So," Yugi eyed the stranger, but his malice was pure drama, "Who is this?"

Téa blushed a deep crimson. "Oh, thi-this is-."

The strange boy spoke, showing perfectly even white teeth, "I'm Jace. And you must be Yugi." He grabbed Yugi's hand in a polite but firm handshake. "Téa's told me so much about you."

Yugi shook the boy- Jace's hand. "Funny," he said, "she's never mentioned you."

Téa cringed, but both Jace and Yugi ignored her. "I'm sorry to hear that, I obviously slipped her mind."

Yugi noticed the look on Téa's face and quickly changed his plan of attack. "Well, it's been very nice to meet you, I hope to catch up another time. But I really must be going."

He waved good bye to Téa while his thoughts deepened. Already the boy- Jason? Was that his name? Had been erased from his mind. His thoughts dwelled on the girl. Nekomi.

Nekomi. He loved the way his mouth felt when he said her name. Nekomi. Nekomi. He loved the way her hair fell off her shoulders to caress her back is soft black strands. He also loved the look of her soft red lips. The way she smiled and showed gleaming white teeth. But those lips, that mouth, could also be deadly. Nekomi crossed verbal swords with Seto Kaiba and won. And what a battle it had been! The way her green eyes had flashed so dangerously in a warning that Kaiba had clearly ignored or not seen. It was beautiful.

Even Kaiba seemed to be enthralled with her. He certainly seemed tongue- tied when he finished addressing her. Or rather, when she finished scolding him. Did he like her, too?

It was at this moment when Yugi realized that he did like her. Before he had denied it to himself, swearing that his heart still belonged to Téa. But. But Téa certainly seemed perfectly happy with Jace, and really hadn't shown any interest in Yugi as more than a friend. In fact it was Jace that had made Yugi sure that he liked Nekomi.

Besides, couldn't a girl and guy be friends without having to like each other THAT way? Nekomi was the reason that Yugi was okay with Téa liking someone else.

By the time Yugi's feet hit his welcome mat, he was thoroughly convinced of where his heart lay. Still, he tossed and turned all night, thinking of her. Had her last smile been a hint that she liked him, too? Or was she being polite? Uh! Girls were so confusing!

Yugi awoke from a scattered night's rest, restless once more. He grabbed a PopTart on his way out the door and yelled, "Bye Grandpa!" behind him.

He set off to find Nekomi, wandering aimlessly before he realized that he had no idea of where she was. Then a thought struck him. Her duel disk! It would emit a signal to Kaiba's computers, telling where she was! Silently, for the first time ever, Yugi thanked Kaiba as he hurried to Tristan's house.

Joey and Tristan were sitting on Tristan's couch play some sort of virtual game. It was obvious that Joey was losing, as he was cursing under his breath.

"Hi, guys!" Yugi said brightly, trying not to sound anxious.

"Hey! Yugi!" Joey managed to gasp before slipping his attention back to his game.

Yugi watched them play for a while, but could barely sit still. "Tristan," he said after a few minutes a boredom, "can I use your computer?"

"Sure."

"AAAAAHHHHHH!" Joey moaned as his loss was finalized. "I'll help you Yug, what do you need it for?"

Yugi stared up the stairs, "Oh, I- er, nothing... Actually, how good are you guys at hacking?" They looked taken aback, so Yugi started to explain. "I need access to Kaiba's computer system so I can-"

Joey cut him off, "Don't worry Yugi! I can help! I'm an expert in this area! Tristan is, too! He taught me everything I know! Kaiba's computer system will be screeeaming out it's secrets in a few minutes. OOF!"

Tristan shook his hand after punching Joey, "Obviously the lesson about 'don't tell anyone you can hack much less that I taught you' didn't stick very well. Come on, we'll solve your Kaiba problems." And with that Tristan lead the way upstairs to his computer.

But hacking into Kabia's computer wasn't nearly as easy as Tristan and Joey made it out to be. An hour passed and Yugi rubbed his eyes. Starring at the computer screen for so long and so intently was giving him a headache, but one thought of those green eyes and he refocused.

Joey was cursing Kaiba, and no longer under his breath. "That filthy little... why I'd oughta... THAT CREEP!"

"It's okay Joey," said Yugi, sighing, "I understand if you guys wanna quit- "

"WHAT!?!" squawked Joey, outraged, "Never! Kaiba won't beat me! Why don't you take a walk Yugi, we'll call you when we get in, okay?"

"Alright, Joey. Tristan? Don't let him hurt himself." And Yugi trudged down the stairs and out the door. "I guess I'll have to look for her the old fashion way," he sighed to himself and started his search.