Turbulenceshipping (Kaiba x Yami no Yugi x Ryo)

(sigh...I hate the triangles...)

Kaiba stalked down the street, not in the mood for the cheery, sunny day. Actually, he was never in the mood for cheery, sunny days. The street was already packed with people waiting around KaibaCorp. Luckily, most of them recognized his characteristic height and coat, and the way parted around him without a word.

He would never admit it, but he was impressed with the turnout. Mokuba's idea hadn't been half bad: a Duel Disk design contest. He had been shocked at the entries that had poured in, and overall stock ratings had skyrocketed as thousands preordered the yet unveiled new Duel Disk design. Mokuba had looked so happy, looking through all the sketches that people had entered. Seto had told his little brother that he didn't have to look at all of them himself, seeing as there were four other judges, but Mokuba had insisted at looking at every single one of them.

Someone worked hard on these, he had said. I just want at least look at all of them.

Seto indulged in the memory for a moment, and then filed it away to be looked at in a different time. He knew the real reason Mokuba was so insistent on looking all of the drawings: they reminded Mokuba of the Blue Eyes White Dragon Card he had drawn for Seto.

"Yo, Kaiba-kun."

The voice caught him off guard, and he paused. Yugi appeared in a gap in the crowd, hands in his pockets. He flashed a small grin.

"Quite the crowd you've stirred up, Kaiba-kun," he said, red eyes light and cheerful.

Noting the different eye color, as well as the regal bearing and sharper features, Kaiba assumed that he was talking to the "back" Yugi. The game king version.

"That's the whole point, Yugi," he said, crossing his arms. "Sales weren't so good after I lost in Battle City, you know."

Yugi shrugged, not looking very sorry.

"I did what had to be done. You fixed things up all right."

Kaiba hurumphed under his breath.

"So what are you doing here, anyway?" he said.

"I wouldn't miss out on the new Duel Disk design," Yugi said. "Besides, I live in town, so it's just a short walk away. And the other me entered the contest. He's pretty excited."

Kaiba snorted. Other me. Yugi really was crazy. But he recalled Yugi's design: it had been one of Mokuba's favorites. Reminiscent of a Millennium Item, even Kaiba had been rather impressed with the attention to detail Yugi had put into the the design.

"So, what about it, Kaiba," Yugi said, his voice as light and cheerful as the blue sky above. "Let us in: who won the contest?"

"I wouldn't tell you if I knew, Yugi," Seto said. "Anyway, this was Mokuba's big project. He didn't tell me the winning design either."

"Too bad," Yugi said, and Seto wondered how on earth he could be so cheerful all the time.

Yugi glanced over his shoulder, and looked a bit perplexed.

"That's odd," he said. "I could have sworn Bakura was right –"

A white haired boy pushed through the crowd before Yugi could finish his sentence, clutching a paper bag to his chest.

"Yugi-kun, you left me behind," he panted. "I almost got lost in the crowd."

It took a minute, but Seto recognized him. It was the boy that had played against Yugi in the first finals match of Battle City, Ryo Bakura. He looked a little different, though. His features were much softer, and kinder. Did this boy have a "back" side too? Seto wouldn't be surprised: after all, he also wore a large pendant around his neck that looked similar to the Millennium Puzzle. Maybe being crazy was a requirement for having a Millennium Item.

"Sorry, Bakura-kun. I thought you were right behind me," Yugi said.

Ryo shook his head.

"It's fine. I was just worried I was going to lose this, after waiting so long," Ryo said, shaking the paper bag. "If I had realized that the Duel Disk competition was ending today, I would have come tomorrow to get this new Monster World set."

"But didn't you enter the contest too, Bakura-kun?" Yugi said, grinning. "What if you win? You'll want to be here."

"Oh, my design wasn't that good," Ryo said, smiling a little. "Yours was better."

Seto thought back, trying to see if he remembered a Ryo Bakura entry. Mokuba hadn't shown him all of the entries, only some of his favorites. And a few that weren't his favorites, just to see if he could throw Seto off of the real winner. Really. That kid.

"I didn't get to see yours, Bakura-kun," Yugi said. "What did you base it off of?"

Bakura looked about to answer, but suddenly, Mokuba's voice came over the loudspeakers, and all conversation ceased.

"Okay, everyone!" Mokuba called, sounding even more cheerful that Yugi did. Even from a distance, Seto could see that his eyes were bright, and it was hard to suppress his own smile. It was nice to see Mokuba so fired up about something that he started himself.

"It's time to announce the big winner of the Duel Disk design contest!" Mokuba shouted in the microphone. "That's what you're all here for, right?"

The crowd screamed, and Mokuba made a show of putting a hand to his ear.

"I can't hear you! You want to see the winning design, right!"

The crowd screamed louder, and this time Seto didn't stop his grin. Mokuba was certainly good at working the crowd.

"Your brother's really good at this," Ryo said. "And he seems so young, too. How old is he?"

"Eleven, right?" said Yugi.

Seto nodded, but didn't answer. He was just as curious as the rest of them to see what the winning design was. Would it be Yugi's? Seto had thought that was an interesting idea: after all, Yugi was a top Duel Monsters competitor, and his Millennium Puzzle was quite iconic in the dueling world. A Millennium Duel Disk would definitely be a draw-in.

Mokuba practically bounced over to the giant projector screen that was pulled down on the stage. One of the KaibaCorp employees stood at a computer, ready to turn on the projector.

"Okay, let's get a drumroll!" he said, and the whole street filled with the sound of rapidly stomping feet. "The winner of the Kaiba Corporation Duel Disk Design Contest is..."

He pointed dramatically to the man at the computer, and the employee hit a few keys. The screen flickered on, revealing an image of a Duel Disk. There were two images: one was white and almost like a wing, accented with pink. The other was black and more like a bat's wing, accented with red.

"Ryo Bakura's Change of Heart Duel Disk!" Mokuba said.

Seto glanced back over his shoulder. Ryo's mouth had dropped open.

"The design is twofold," Mokuba continued. "There are two main designs, but in one Duel Disk: in short, the design can easily be flipped around to suit your personality!"

The screen changed, showing a moving blue print of a Duel Disk that folded in on itself, then opened back up in the other design.

"Not only that, but this new Duel Disk design is made to switch position whether you're right or left handed," Mokuba said. "In the original Duel Disk, this wasn't possible. But now, the Duel Disk can change to fit your needs and personality!"

Yugi was punching Ryo in the shoulder with a big grin on his face.

"'Mine was better'?" Yugi said. "Looks like yours was, Ryo!"

Ryo blinked once or twice.

"Wow," he said finally.

Seto glanced back at the moving blueprint, and then at Ryo.

"Out of curiosity," he said. "Did you make that blue print?"

"I didn't animate it, but I drew it," Ryo said. "That's – wow."

Seto looked at the blue print again. It had an extensive attention to detail, and Seto was surprised to see that the entire mechanism for the design and dominant hand switch had been drawn out. He looked back at the two boys: one his greatest rival, the other with the potential to become an even greater rival.

Still. He was Seto Kaiba. He would be able to handle it.

A/N: I didn't know what to do for this one, and then suddenly a Duel Disk design based off of Change of Heart jumped into my head, and I turned it into a story. :) I still don't like this one very much though. These characters just don't seem to flow well as a threesome. Okay, so next up is Tuftshipping (Ryuzaki/Rex Raptor x Mokuba). Hooray.