A/N: Hi All! I'm sorry I haven't updated in so long! This chapter is dedicated to Silverwind89 who spurred me to get off my lazy butt and get the next chapter up! It's also partially dedicated to Kitty, who, unfortunately, may have decided to stop reading. I'm sorry! –Sniff- Anyways, on with it! Sorry if it's a bit short, and, once again, SORRY FOR THE WAIT!
---The next day---
Cara adjusted where the dark blue book bag rested on her shoulder, and picked up her black suitcase.
"Your sure that your friend will be coming? Maybe we should wait until he shows up," Cara said.
"No Cara, he'll be showing up in a while, don't you worry, now go on, you don't want to keep that chauffer waiting all day," Grandpa said, smiling.
"Okay Grandpa," Cara said, and then hugged the old man. "See you in a week."
The girl then went to wait by the door.
"Bye Grandpa," Yugi said, smiling.
"Goodbye Yugi, make sure Cara has some fun," Grandpa said. "She needs it."
"I'll do my best Grandpa," Yugi said. "Though it may take all of our efforts combined, my friends and I will do our best to make sure she has a good time."
Grandpa chuckled, and Yugi waved as he exited the shop with Cara.
When they got in the limousine, they were met by six familiar faces.
"Hi Guys!" Tea said.
"Hey you two," Tristan said.
"Took ya long enough," Joey said from his spot.
It was only after the door was closed, that Yugi and Cara spotted a seventh person they hadn't expected to see.
"Mai!" Cara cried, jumping over to hug the woman.
"Hey kid," Mai said, hugging the girl back.
About two months ago Mai had come to Domino, and Cara had become good friends with the blond woman.
"Hello Mai, didn't expect to see you here," Yugi said when his little sister had pulled away from the woman.
"Yeah, well, I showed up Yesterday and Joey invited me to come along," Mai said, smiling at him.
"Really?" Yugi said, looking at Joey.
"That was a really nice thing to do Joey," Cara said, smiling brightly.
Joey blushed faintly, "Ah, it was nothin'."
When Joey blushed, something awoke in Cara's head. Little gears started turning, and cogs started ticking. But, with a quick shake of the head, everything stopped and returned to normal.
"Where's Serenity?" Cara asked.
"They're flying her in," Joey said, leaning back with a small smile on his face.
Duke and Tristan immediately perked up when they heard Serenity's name.
Cara giggled softly.
She knew that Tristan was in love with Serenity thanks to long talks alone in his car, and she knew that Duke had a thing for her too because he was always acting so dashing around her.
Poor Serenity, two guys after her heart… But Cara had to admit, she thought that Tristan and Serenity would make a great couple. Tristan had stayed loyally by her side when she was in the hospital, and had fallen in love with her, whereas Duke met her later, and liked her kind nature.
To put it simply, in Cara's mind, Tristan had saw and fallen in love with Serenity first, and Duke should go find another girl to fall in love with. Cara wasn't even sure if Duke was really in love with Serenity, or just had a very strong liking towards her…
Those little gears started turning again, and were again, shut up by a quick head shake.
The limousine then took off towards the airport.
-About thirty minutes later-
The entire group stepped out of the limousine, to look at the Kaiba Corp. airplane, where the two Kaiba brothers were waiting on the staircase up to it. A few attendants immediately came up to the Limo and started unpacking the luggage, except for Cara's blue backpack, which she was carrying.
"I have to admit, Kaiba's got some pretty nice stuff," Joey said, looking at the plane.
The rest of them nodded in agreement.
"But where's Serenity?" Tea asked, looking around.
Then, as if on cue, a large helicopter flew down, and out of it jumped Serenity.
The group smiled at her, and she waved at them, before turning back to the helicopter.
First she took her suitcase, and then out stepped another person.
A person no one had expected to see.
Ishizu Ishtar.
The two then walked towards the group, and Serenity ran to her brother to give him a hug.
He hugged her back, and then everyone's attention turned to Ishizu.
"Ishizu and I became friends during the Battle City Tournament," Serenity explained. "When Mokuba called me up I thought I would invite her as my friend. She accepted."
"It's good to see you again Ishizu," Yugi said, smiling.
Ishizu nodded.
"And it is good to see you too Yugi," she said.
Cara then stepped forward.
"We haven't met, I'm Cara," she said, bowing slightly. "And you're Ishizu Ishtar. Yugi's told me about you, and any friend of Serenity's is a friend of mine."
Ishizu smiled, and bowed in return.
"Well, I guess we should get going," Bakura said, turning towards the plane.
Everyone nodded in agreement, and then headed to the plane.
They all walked into the plane, until Ishizu tried to go in.
Kaiba stepped in front of the doorway.
"Sorry, but we don't let nuts on," he said coldly.
Ishizu looked downcast, and was about to turn around, when Cara stepped up with a fierce stubbornness in her eyes.
"Listen here Seto Kaiba," she said, marching straight up to him, and looking up into his stoic eyes. "You said that anyone you invited could bring one friend. Serenity chose Miss Ishtar, so you practically invited her yourself. So let her on!"
"No," Kaiba said, with a smirk.
Cara scowled.
"Well, in the end, it's MOKUBA'S birthday party isn't it?" she said, crossing her arms. "Why don't we let HIM decide?"
The two turned to Mokuba, whose eyes had widened at the sudden decision.
Finally, the young boy turned to Ishizu.
"Well… I don't like your brother much," he admitted, "but you haven't done anything bad so far. You can come."
Ishizu smiled, and Kaiba grudgingly let her on board.
Cara threw a smug smirk at Kaiba, and walked onboard, ignoring the cold eyes on her back.
When she came on, she heard Joey and Tristan clapping wildly, and felt the former clap her on the back.
"Way to go kid! Standing up to ol' Kaiba," he said, grinning.
Cara grinned back, and then looked around the large space.
Couches lined the sides, and the back, and various small tables stood in front of the couches. A refridgerator stood at the front, which Joey promptly helped himself too, and there were even some games in the glass cabinets above the seats.
Everyone took a seat on the couches, Mokuba choosing to sit in the back, while his brother went to tell the pilot they were ready.
Cara chose to sit by Yugi, and settled her backpack in the unoccupied space next to her.
He looked at her, and smiled, before turning back to the quiet conversation he was having with Tea.
The young girl once again chose to look around, noting that Tristan and Duke both sat next to Serenity, and were glaring at eachother over the top of her head, and that Joey had chosen to sit next to Mai, and was currently explaining the miracle that was the BLT.
Laughing quietly, the girl looked up as Kaiba passed, and watched as he sat down next to his brother, saying something softly to him.
She also saw the gentleness that softened the young man's deep blue eyes, and a small smile crept onto her face.
Maybe he wasn't such a cold-hearted CEO after all…
Kaiba's eyes hardened again when he noticed her looking his way, and he returned her gaze with a cold glare.
Cara chuckled again, and looked out the window next to her head.
"Here I come, Carribean," she murmured.
"Whether they're ready or not," Yugi whispered in her ear, causing the young girl to giggle.
