The fun begins . . . in a dungeon? Yeah, I know, just go with it . . . .

At only eighteen, he was the CEO of one of the largest gaming corporations in the world. He was famous for his holographic technology, and he was a skilled computer hacker. He was a top ranked player of the very popular card game Duel Monsters.

He was in a dungeon cell.

He was tired.

He was cold.

He was hungry.

But most of all, he was annoyed.

The annoying creak of the metal door opening beside Seto Kaiba woke him from a restless sleep. He took a deep breath and shifted to sit up straighter. Having nothing better to do, besides think, he dusted off the back of his long dark purple coat, although he knew it was pointless. Since he had spent hours unsuccessfully racking his brain trying to think of a way out of the dungeon of Pegasus Castle, Kaiba now preferred sleep to dealing with the stress of his situation. Pegasus' goons seemed to be constantly wandering around the dungeon cells, as if afraid he might escape yet again. Kaiba smirked at the thought of the many times he had, if only temporarily, thwarted Pegasus' plans to take over Kaiba Corp. This time would be no different, it was simply a matter of time . . .

"Just don't know when to let things be, do ya?" came the gruff voice of one of Pegasus' men, dressed in the typical black suit and sunglasses. Kaiba sat forward to look, and was surprised to find that the man was, for once, not talking to him, but rather to a new prisoner he seemed to be locking up in the cell next to him. He tried to see who Pegasus' most recent guest was, but the prisoner had already moved to sit in the shadows that hid the back of the cell. He heard someone coming down the stairs. Kaiba hoped it was Pegasus himself; he couldn't wait to give the man a piece of his mind and more. The creep never seemed to give up trying to take over his company. But it wasn't Pegasus approaching, it was another one of those idiot men that worked for him. Kaiba recognized him as Kemo, one of the higher-up goons in Pegasus' chain of command, and the one that he had forced to let him in Pegasus Castle before. The least dependable person among Kaiba's own team of employees was more qualified. You'd think that someone as wealthy as Pegasus would be able to hire more competent help. Then again, he'd gone through his own share of irresponsible, worthless employees. The only ones that had even come near to matching his own work ethic eventually attempted to overthrow him. Kemo strode up to the cell next to him and Kaiba turned to watch. The man in sunglasses spoke to the prisoner.

"Mr. Pegasus has asked to see you immediately," he said gruffly, pointing his gun toward the figure huddled in the corner

"If Mr. Pegasus wants to see me, he can come down here himself," the prisoner replied sarcastically as she crossed her arms. "And you shouldn't wave around weapons you have no intention of using." Kaiba was surprised that the prisoner was female and intrigued at her boldness in not complying with Pegasus' demands. Kemo left abruptly, apparently predicting the derailing he would receive upon his return. The other man was about to lock the girl's cell, but he couldn't resist an opportunity to pick on Kaiba before leaving.

"Starting to get used to it here yet, Slim?" he asked in a mocking voice as he turned to look at him, referring to the past times Kaiba had been in the same predicament. Kaiba didn't return his look.

"Yeah, when Pegasus gets up enough nerve to face me, and I own this place too," Kaiba responded, irritation evident in his voice. "Then you'll all be out of a job." The man just laughed, and pushed the door of the girl's cell shut.

"You do a lot of talking for someone locked in a dungeon," she said to him when the suit finally left. Seto laughed.

"You think I plan on staying here? You don't know who I am, do you? I'm a world champion duelist . . ."

"I know a lot about you, Seto Kaiba," she replied interrupting. Suddenly her cell door swung open.

"What? How did you . . ." The girl interrupted him again.

"Your little conversation distracted Rioca long enough that I could stop the door before he shut and locked it. I suppose I should thank you for that," she stepped out of her cell and came to stand in front of his. Seto judged her to be close to same age as him, although the shoulder-length braids her light hair was in made her seem younger. She was wearing jean jacket over a white tank top, and a knee-length black skirt. A stray piece of hair had fallen over her left eye as she stood there with her arms still crossed. Kaiba was in somewhat of a daze. Wow. Where did she come from? Something about her is so familiar, but . . Who is she? A picture was forming in his head, the same vision he had had in his duel with Ishizu back in the Battle City finals. Then he saw that she was holding a bent card.

"You used a duel monsters card to block the door?" The CEO was incredulous. "Are you crazy?" The girl rolled her eyes.

"Maybe, but I certainly don't need you to tell me," she responded. "I'm out, while you're still pathetically sitting in a dark, damp dungeon cell. Besides, I'm sure that you're not one of those fools who believes in 'respecting the cards.'" Kaiba just stared, for once without response, but he was picturing in his mind the time he had actually torn a card in pieces just to keep anyone else from being able to use it. "If you'd rather stay here, I'll just go get your brother and leave." Kaiba jumped up from his seat at the mention of the younger Kaiba. "There's no reason for him to have to suffer for your stubbornness."

"My brother? You know where Mokuba is?" Kaiba was now standing at the front of the cell, holding the metal bars with his hands. "What are you waiting for? Let's go!"

"I see you still do have some sense left after all," she smiled, as she deftly picked the lock of his cell. Why couldn't I do that when my brother was locked up before? Seto frowned.

"It takes special talent," the girl said grimly as if she had heard his thoughts. "And years of practice," she added sarcastically. Kaiba kicked the cell door open and stepped out to join her.

"Let's get out of here before we run out of time and get caught." The other former prisoner turned around to face him.

"It's not a matter of whether we move fast enough. Those suits may be idiots, but if my father doesn't want us to make it out of here, we most likely won't,"

"We'll see about that," Kaiba said as they started walking quickly toward the stairway. Then suddenly he stopped. "Hold on one minute . . .Your father?" He was finally realizing that he knew nothing about this girl he had been about to follow around Pegasus' labyrinth of a dungeon, except that she had to be the most beautiful girl he had ever met. "Who are you? And why are you here?" he demanded. No girl was going to get in the way of his rescuing his brother. Besides, this could easily be just another one of Pegasus' little games to mess with him. The girl sighed, then responded to his questions.

"First question, if you must know, my name is Kirandra Pegasus, and yes, regretfully, I am the daughter of Maximillion Pegasus," she paused as she continued walking. Looking at her now, Kaiba felt foolish for not seeing the resemblance before. "As for your second question, that is a very complicated story, which you might get to hear later if we get out of here. You'll just have to trust me that I can get you and your brother out." Kirandra stopped and looked back over her shoulder at him. "Are you coming?" She began to walk again. Kaiba was standing still, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. He couldn't understand why she was helping him. It had to be some kind of trap. And why did she have to be Pegasus' daughter?

"I don't trust anyone. Especially not someone with the last name Pegasus. I don't need your help or anyone else's to save my brother." Kirandra shrugged and continued to walk.

"You're a lot like my father, Seto Kaiba. You're just as stubborn." It worked perfectly. Kaiba was sprinting after her in an instant, if only to contradict her last insult. "And you were a world champion duelist," she added once he reached her.

"I'm nothing like that creep!" he argued.

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