Not long after Marik had saved Cat from the attacking monster, the rest of the team had chased away all the others. Yugi, Joey, and Mai, walked over to where Kaiba stood with his hands crossed, glaring at Marik who was talking to Cat.

"What's up with you?" Joey asked as they neared the seething CEO.

"Mind your own business mutt!" Seto snapped as Joey frowned.

"Whoa! What happened to you? Your Blue Eyes lose?" Joey taunted. Seto ignored him as Mai smiled.

"He didn't lose, he's jealous of our little friend over there." Mai said nodding her head in the direction of Marik and Cat.

Yugi gasped. "It's Marik!"

"I'm NOT jealous." Seto said haughtily to Mai. "To be jealous, that would mean I would have to actually find that girl attractive."

Mai smiled knowingly. "Well, don't you?" Seto glared at her as he took another look at Cat's profile. He wanted to deny Mai's statement, but he did find her attractive. Seto averted his eyes as he stared at some far away object.

"Whatever," he muttered as Mai gave a knowing smile.

"What is Marik doing here?" Yugi asked Joey.

"Maybe Kaiba programmed him in the game?" Joey suggested.

"Don't you think that he would have warned us about that?" Yugi said. "If not us at least Cat?"

"Maybe he did." Mai said. "But remember, Cat and Kaiba don't seem to remember anything."

"I wish you three loser would stop talking about me as if I wasn't here!" Seto said behind Joey. "It's not like I can't hear you three saying my name over and over again!"  He had heard something about him and a game, and it made no sense to him. He was just tired of them talking about him.

Yugi gave him an apologetic look. "Sorry, but does that guy look familiar to you at all?" Seto looked at Marik out of the corner of his eye.

"No, and I don't think I would care even if I did know him." He replied. Yugi didn't say anything more as Cat and Marik walked over to them.

"Hey guys, this is Marik." She said introducing the sandy haired boy. Marik looked at the expression on each person's face.

Yugi, Joey, and Mai were in puzzled silence, while Seto was attempting to not act like he was jealous. Marik smiled to himself.

'Things are going perfectly, Kaiba and cat have no memory of me or each other, and these other three buffoons aren't sure if I'm part of the game or real.' Marik chuckled at his cleverness.

"Well, I guess we are all done here." Cat said looking over at their battle field. The others nodded.

"Would you like to care to come back with us Marik? It's the least I could do to repay you for saving my life." Seto was about to object when Marik spoke up.

"I thank you for your kindness, but I have to get back home."

Cat nodded. "I understand." She replied. "I was nice meeting you."

"as it was you." Marik responded.

"Will we see you again?" Cat asked eagerly.

Marik looked at Seto's annoyed look then back to Cat.

"Absolutely." He answered as he turned and left. Mai, Joey, Yugi, Seto and Cat all called their monsters as they headed back home. Mai riding on Cat's Pegasus, while Yugi rode his curse of dragon. Joey sat atop his red eyes, while Cat rode the blue eyes with Seto. Her arms holding onto his waist.

"Do you think that we will see Marik again?" Cat asked Seto. Seto rolled his eyes.

"Like I care." He snapped. Cat realized she had upset him and said no more the rest of the way back. Seto felt bad that he had snapped at her, but it made him see red when he thought of Cat's obvious interest in Marik. But what really made him mad, was the fact that he cared.

'I am here to get the crystal,' he thought as they flew down toward the house. 'And the sooner I find it. The sooner I can get away from these losers.' He thought with satisfaction.