A Dragon's Destiny

by Magi Mana

Talesverse. Kisara is a new student at Domino, returning after years of being away. She sees her childhood friend Seto has become cold and distant while she quickly makes friends with his soon-to-be rivals Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler. While facing the return of the Shadow Games, Kisara will have to face both her past with Seto and the truth about the Millennium Items.

4. Old Bonds and New Ghosts

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! If I did, Seto and Kisara would have gotten together in Ancient Egypt.

Chapter Four: Old Bonds and New Ghosts

"So where should we go now?" Kisara asked her friends. "We still need a lot of star chips to make it into the castle."

"We're making really good progress though," Yugi reminded her.

"You mean you are," Joey looked at the two stars in his glove. "I wish I had more star chips."

"Don't worry; you're doing fine, Joey," Yugi encouraged his friend.

"Yeah, we just got to keep plugging away at it," Kisara added.

"HELP!"

"What was that?" The gang looked around for the source of the yell.

"HELP ME! SOMEBODY, PLEASE!" They found a duelist being dragged away by a large security guard whose dark brown hair was in even more of a point than Tristan's.

"I'm on the big guy!" Tristan ran up and threw the security guard over his shoulder, releasing the kid. The guard quickly recovered and kicked his attacker in the stomach, knocking Tristan to the ground. "I'm off the big guy," he muttered.

"What do you think you're doing?" Kisara demanded to know.

"This is none of your business," the guard said as he grabbed the kid again. "This duelist lost his star chips, and the rules say he's to be kicked off the island."

"But I didn't lose my star chips!" the duelist protested. "They were stolen from me! My cards, too!"

"I don't care what lame excuse you have, kid," the guard continued to drag the duelist away. "You need star chips to duel, and you haven't got any, so you're shipping out of here. Those are the rules. Those are my orders from Pegasus himself."

Tea and Tristan better make sure not to let on they don't have any either. Kisara worried what would happen to her friends if the guards found out they weren't actually participating. She offered Tristan a hand up as they watched the guard drag the duelist away. "That big creep," he said as he stood up. "I say we follow them." The rest of the group nodded.

They caught up to the guard just as he tossed the duelist in a boat with other participants. Since the only one Kisara recognized was Weevil, she suspected this was the boat they were sending the eliminated duelists home in. "What did the guy who stole your star chips look like?" Yugi asked the duelist.

The duelist told them the thief was a small guy who wore a bandana over his face. He challenged the duelist in the meadow, but as soon as he put down his deck and star chips, the thief swiped them and took off. Yugi promised to return the duelist's star chips, and the guard told them the boat would leave in half an hour. I hope we can find the thief in time. Joey promised the duelist they would succeed, especially since they had his 'brilliant' mind on the case.

Yugi suggested they stake out where the theft occurred—the thief might come back, and they could come up with a plan in the meantime. They didn't get to plan that long; a small boy charged out at them. He had a purple hat over his hair and a white bandana over his face, and he wore a red shirt with striped long sleeves and blue jeans. Kisara could tell his eyes were determined as he yelled about finding them.

"That must be the kid we're looking for!" Joey reasoned.

"I can take him!" Tristan promised.

"I should hope so; you're twice his size," Tea pointed out.

"Back off, you big dork," the boy yelled at Tristan.

"Hand over the star chips you swiped from that other duelist!" Joey demanded.

Something about the kid seemed familiar to Kisara, especially as she looked into his blue-gray eyes. "How about we duel for them?" Kisara challenged the thief. "I'm guessing that's why you took those cards and star chips." The boy's eyes widened as he registered Kisara's challenge. I'm certain now. It's definitely him. "What do you say, Petit Frère?"

"I'd rather duel Yugi," he said. "I don't need to duel you, Sœur."

"If you want to duel him, you have to beat me," Kisara insisted. "I need to know why you're doing this."

"Kisara, do you know him?" Joey asked.

She nodded. "Just trust me." She turned to the boy. "How many star chips do you want to wager?"

"Four, to wipe you out, then I'll have more than enough to wipe out Yugi too."

"Very well," Kisara took her place on the blue side of the arena. The boy took his place across from her.

He started the duel by summoning Man-Eating Plant. Kisara summoned her Blackland Fire Dragon. The Dragon destroyed the Plant in a blaze of fire. "You're not off to a good start, Petit Frère. Then again, you can't win with cards that aren't yours. Remember the consequences of cheating?"

"Shut up!" the boy yelled at her. "You don't know what's at stake!"

"I can tell it has something to do with Seto," Kisara countered. "Mokuba, whatever is going on, you won't help Seto by stealing!"

"Mokuba?" the rest of the gang looked at each other in confusion.

The boy pulled down his bandana and took off his hat. "Why are you even helping them?" Mokuba asked. "You said you would always be our friend. But you're siding with the one who humiliated Seto!"

"Seto turned his back on me!" Kisara yelled back, letting her emotions get the better of her. She took a breath to calm down. "I wish things had turned out differently, but Seto was the one who challenged Yugi, and the one who ripped apart his grandpa's Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Yugi just rose to Seto's challenge, and it was a fair match." She brushed away the tears that suddenly sprang to her eyes. "I've missed you and Seto every day since I left, and I've been worried about Seto since his match, but I have no idea what's been going on. And I won't know unless you tell me. Whatever it is, we can help."

"The only way to help is for me to defeat Yugi!" Mokuba yelled at her. "Seto was the best duelist there ever was, but he's gone thanks to Yugi. And Pegasus wants to take over KaibaCorp."

"Why would Pegasus want KaibaCorp?" Yugi asked.

Mokuba turned his gaze on his desired opponent. "I don't know what you did when you dueled Seto, Yugi, but since that defeat, he hasn't been the same. He ran away, and with him gone, Pegasus moved right in." The younger Kaiba explained he overhead a corporate meeting, and he was captured by Pegasus's goons shortly after it. He was needed to control KaibaCorp, and the corporate members wished Yugi to be defeated as well to restore the company's name.

"So if you defeat Yugi, Pegasus can't take over," Kisara reasoned.

"Exactly, and if I have to go through you, Kisara, I'll do it," Mokuba said as he summoned another monster. "Go, Crocodilus!" The green reptile attacked Kisara's Dragon, but the Dragon overpowered it.

"Mokuba, how do you expect to defeat Yugi when you can't even defeat me?" Kisara asked. "Yugi and I aren't your enemies. We want to stop Pegasus too. He took Yugi's grandpa prisoner, and the only way to save him is to beat Pegasus at his own game."

"How do you intend to do that?" Mokuba asked.

"I don't know," she answered him honestly. "I don't know what Pegasus has planned. I don't know why he's after KaibaCorp or why he took Yugi's grandpa. All I know is that we have to stick together, and you know that stealing won't help Seto. So please, trust me, and we will stop him. But first you must return the deck and star chips to the duelist you stole them from."

Mokuba nodded, and the two exited the dueling arena. Once he was close enough, he threw his arms around her. "I missed you so much," he said. "Why did you leave?"

"I didn't want to," Kisara returned the hug. "Let's just say a lot happened."

"We've only got three minutes until the boat leaves," Tea reminded them.

"Let's hurry."

The group took off running toward the docks. When they reached it, they saw the boat was already sailing away. Kisara could hear Weevil yelling at the other passengers about not taking a turn to row. "What gives?" Joey asked.

"It hasn't been a half hour yet," Tea insisted.

"Too bad," the pointy-haired guard said. "Pegasus makes the schedules here."

"But you gotta call the boat back," Mokuba held the duelist's star chips up for the guard to see. "I've gotta return that kid's star chip's to him."

The guard sneered and slapped Mokuba's hand away, tossing the star chips into the water. After enjoying the look of shock on the group's face, he grabbed hold of Mokuba, lifting him off the ground. "Let him go!" Kisara commanded.

"Kisara!" Mokuba yelled, unable to break free of the guard's grasp.

"I said let him go!" Kisara yelled at the guard. "If I have to duel you for it, I will! I'm willing to wager my star chips for his freedom."

"If that's how you really want to waste your star chips," the guard grinned at them, "meet me at Arena 146 in one hour. You'll have your duel."

They arrived at the arena at the designated time. "Kisara!" Mokuba called to her. "Get him off me," he begged.

"Put him down," Kisara demanded. Remembering what happened when Tristan tried to clobber the guard, she knew forcing him to drop Mokuba would be a challenge.

"I'll consider it if you win the duel," the guard answered.

"It'll be hard to duel and hold him," Kisara countered.

"The guard smirked. "I never said I'd be dueling you." He pointed to the red station of the arena. "There is your opponent." Kisara was shocked to see Seto, or at least someone who looked like him. "He's an old friend who's dying to see you again. He met with an unfortunate end earlier today, but he came back just to duel you."

"Yes, Yugi, I came back just to duel you, and this time you don't stand a ghost of a chance," Seto said.

"Hold on," Kisara stood in front of Yugi. "I'm the one who asked for a duel; I'm wagering my star chips for Mokuba's freedom."

"Kisara, I should face him," Yugi said.

"No," she insisted. "I can't believe that's Seto, and I'm the best person to find out for sure. And if he isn't, I won't let that guy get away pretending to be him."

Yugi and the others nodded. "All right," Yugi relented.

"Go get him," Joey said.

Kisara set her backpack down and pulled her deck out of the front pocket. Next to the deck was the box with Grandpa's Blue-Eyes White Dragon. I might need the extra attack power. I hope the system recognizes it even though it's torn. Quietly, she slipped the card from its box and into her deck.

"You don't have a chance beating Kaiba, girl," the guard laughed at her. "Not even Yugi would stand a ghost of a chance against him. Especially because this time, he is a ghost. Two witnesses saw him fall to his doom earlier today."

"Liar!" Mokuba yelled at his captor.

"Get used to it," the guard smirked at them. "All that's left of Kaiba are your memories. Plus a very cranky ghost just looking for revenge."

"Calm down, Petit Frère," Kisara said. "I'll prove whether or not he's real. Just trust me."

Mokuba nodded to her. "All right, Sœur."

Kisara took her place in the duel arena. "You're not the one I want to face," Seto sneered.

"Too bad," she answered him. "If you want to duel Yugi, you have to go through me."

"Please, I came back for revenge, and you're going to make me wait for it," Seto frowned at her. "I hope you can at least make it worthwhile."

"I won't disappoint you," Kisara narrowed her eyes at him. Now that she was facing him, she could clearly see the resemblance between him and her friend, and she could see the differences. His skin was darker, more ashen, and his eyes were not the deep blue she remembered. There were also strange dark lines underneath them, making him look possessed. "And I refuse to believe you're the real Seto."

"Believe what you like," Seto sneered. "You'll realize the truth when you face my deck. Kemo," he addressed the guard, "When I beat Yugi, Pegasus can have Kaiba Corporation. Heck, he can have it after I beat this girl here. All I care about is my revenge. Four stars say I beat you."

"Four it is," Kisara placed her star chips on her stand. Where did he even get star chips? "I'll stop you and be that much closer to stopping Pegasus."

"Guess I'll go first," Seto said after they each drew their hands. "I'll start with the Hitotsu-Me Giant in attack mode." The green cyclops appeared on his field.

That's the monster he started off with against Yugi. Kisara didn't know how rare the Giant was, but she suspected the card was to help convince them her opponent was the real Seto. I can't let it shake me. She heard the others coming to same conclusions she was, and she decided to start out guns-blazing. "I summon Seiyaryu in attack mode!" The pink dragon appeared on her field. "And with 2500 attack points, your Giant will be incinerated. Go, Razor Fire Blast!" The dragon's blue fire roasted the Giant, and Seto's LifePoints fell to 700.

"Ooh, you're a strong player, aren't you?" Seto sneered at her. "But I can see the fear in your eyes. You fear I am the real Kaiba, and so you have no way of beating me. Yugi just barely beat me when we fought, and he had Exodia at the time. And I know he lost Exodia."

"The more you talk, the more I'm convinced you're not the real Seto Kaiba," Kisara answered her opponent. He doesn't even know we recovered all the pieces. "I've never once called him 'Kaiba.' He's always been 'Seto' to me. And you act like you don't even know me. Seto and I were once best friends. So I'll ask you this, mon ami, how did we meet?"

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Seto hid in the shadows of the trees across the street from Kaiba Mansion. Pegasus's guards stood out front, prepared to stop any intruders they found. It was going to be difficult to sneak past them, but Seto always appreciated a challenge. It made things that much sweeter when he succeeded.

He'd cut his last escape closer than he cared to admit, falling into the rapids and having to pull himself up was an event he'd rather forget, but the bruise on his shoulder would remind him for quite a while. But now he had bigger issues to deal with. If Pegasus wanted KaibaCorp, he'd better be prepared to fight for it, because no one messed with Seto Kaiba and got away with it.

Seto slipped around the black and quickly scaled the wall. After glancing around for guards, he leapt down and found the spot he was looking for. Pulling the chain hidden in the grass, he opened the secret hatch slipped in, closing the door behind him before anyone even knew he was there.

Descending the stairs, he found the basement library, but only he knew it was a front for a secret computer terminal. And he only he could access it. Seto pulled a book from the farthest wall, activating the panel motor that pulled the adjacent bookshelf aside. He let the retinal scanner register his left eye, and the door opened. Seto sat in the middle of his state-of-the-art equipment and booted up the computer.

"Running Identity Verification Protocol," the computer's voice said. "Please state your name."

"Seto Kaiba."

The computer finished starting up and addressed its owner. "I'd thought I'd seen it all. But having to break into your own house?"

"It's too long a story for right now," Seto told her.

"Too long a story? Well maybe I'm not in such a talkative mood myself."

"I'd find that hard to believe." Seto wondered why he had programmed her with such a personality, codenaming her Lara. It was one of those things that seemed like a good idea at the time. He knew he could change her settings, but deep down he liked Lara's snarky attitude. It wasn't like anyone else was going to talk to him that way, and it was kind of a refreshing change from the blubbering idiots who worked for him.

"Such a smart guy," Lara said back. "While you were off gallivanting, a hostile takeover of Kaiba Corporation has begun."

"I know." Seto rolled his eyes at the screen. Why does she think I'm here?

"At the same time, Maximillion Pegasus kicked off his Duel Monsters Championship. If Yugi Muto can be defeated by Pegasus or a competitor that represents him, then the new Kaiba Corporation board has promised him control of the company!"

"He won't win," Seto insisted. "Yugi's unbeatable; he has Exodia." He still couldn't fathom how a duelist from nowhere had beaten him.

"Yeah, well, sometime after you lost to Yugi, he lost Exodia," Lara told him. "The cards were thrown overboard on the way to Duelist Kingdom by another player." Seto scowled at this news. "When it rains it pours. Pegasus also knows about the corporation by laws that require a living Kaiba heir to make any change of control legal. Mokuba's his prisoner, and with you out of the way, he'll likely exert all kinds of pressure to make your brother do what he wants. One way or another. Though I may have some good news for you."

"What would that be?"

"You think I don't remember all the times you asked me to find a certain Kisara White for you?"

"I already know she returned to Domino. She's friends with Yugi." It pained him to admit he was jealous of Yugi and his friends. Why had he blown Kisara off that day she joined the class? If he hadn't, she probably would barely know them. He hadn't seen her interact much with anyone else in the class, not that he spent much time doing the same. Why had he been such a jerk to her, the one person who had been almost as close to him as Mokuba? He pressed his hand to the cheek she'd slapped the day he lost to Yugi. Seto had never seen her so furious. He definitely couldn't tell her now what he had wanted to say all those years ago.

"But did you know she was also invited to participate in Duelist Kingdom?" Seto's eyes widened at Lara's words. "She is dueling there right now. She uses a dragon deck, and her main card is Seiyaryu."

"Figures she'd use a sparkly pink dragon," Seto smiled, thinking somethings never changed. He remembered how much Kisara loved dragons back then; they'd met when he and Mokuba found her hiding under the desk in the library reading A Book of Dragons. "But I can't worry about her right now," he pushed aside his thoughts of his old friend and returned to the task at hand. "I've got to make sure Pegasus doesn't defeat Yugi in a duel, no matter what. I'm not going to give up KaibaCorp without a fight. It's takeover time—by me. We're going to hack right into Pegasus's computer mainframe. Next stop: Duelist Kingdom."

They quickly hacked through Duelist Kingdom's firewalls. Seto sent Lara in to find where Yugi was dueling, but that's where the security was. Wrapped in a tightly woven knot around Yugi's data. "What about Kisara's?" he asked. "Yugi and Kisara are probably together, so finding her might allow us to find him."

Lara tried to access Kisara's files. "Her data is wrapped up in their security too," she answered after a minute. "It seems Pegasus has a special interest in her as well."

"Okay then, Pegasus," Seto smirked at the challenge. He took over with a manual controls, going for the back door to the system. Since the duels were beaming information to a satellite and back to a mainframe, Seto intended to use the satellite to make the Industrial Illusions system crash, anticipating the security to be weaker on the back-up system. "Be ready with a search for the Dark Magician or Seiyaryu," he instructed Lara.

"Gotcha," Lara answered. "Dark Magician Inquiry standing by. Seiyaryu Inquiry standing by."

"Good," Seto prepared his hack. "If either of them is dueling, they're sure to use those cards."

"So how are we going to use Industrial Illusions own satellite to crash their computer?" Lara asked.

"By bringing the satellite itself down. Down all the way."

Lara ran the schematics for the satellite and acquired its location and other necessary stats. Once they had access, Lara plotted a course for the satellite to crash into the Industrial Illusions computer itself. Seto smirked as the impact hit.

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"Well, mon ami?" Kisara stared down her opponent. "What's your answer?"

"At Kaiba Mansion," Her opponent sneered.

"That's a vague but not inaccurate where, but I asked how."

"But if you're not going to believe anything I say, what's the point in my answering? Maybe I should just play this?" Seto summoned his next monster. "I attack with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

Everyone stared at the dragon in shock. Don't panic, Kisara! Seto was the only person to have that card in his deck, so there was no doubt the deck was his. Just because it's his deck, doesn't mean it's him. Actually I know it isn't. Seto wouldn't forget what comes after 'mon ami.'

"Don't worry, my feelings aren't hurt because you didn't believe me," her opponent laughed. "Not having a real body isn't so bad. You won't believe what I save in food bills alone. But I still get to enjoy the finer things in life, like revenge, and I'm going to savor its sweet taste for a very long time."

"Shut up!" Mokuba cried, trying to pull away from Kemo's grip. "Please, someone make him go away!"

"Calm down, Petit Frère," Kisara told him. "I promise I'll stop him."

"Oh you do?" Seto sneered at her. "I have no reason to rush to victory. Why end this quickly when I can savor the entertainment?" He ended his turn by setting a card.

What is he thinking? Kisara knew better than to trust that face-down, especially since she didn't know what kind of surprise Seto would have in store for her. "Seiyaryu, switch to defense mode," she switched her monster's position. "And I'll summon Luster Dragon in defense mode as well." The blue dragon materialized on her field, its blue wings shielding its body.

"Poor girl, you played right into my trap!" Seto activated his face-down card: Defense Paralysis. Now she couldn't play her monsters in defense mode, and her two monsters switched back into attack mode. "Ha! Now it's time! Blue-Eyes White Dragon, use your White Lightning!" Seto's dragon destroyed Kisara's Luster Dragon, dropping her down to 900 LifePoints.

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"Still nothing here," Seto muttered as yet another dueling field yielded no results.

"We've only got one field left," Lara said as the screen showed the access door for the final arena. "Field 146 is the only one we haven't checked."

"Then they've got to be there! Open field 146!" Seto commanded.

The screen moved in on the door, and then the display became covered by a field of static. "What's that?" Seto asked.

"Looks like I crashed." Lara restarted herself and tried again. The same result happened, and she had to reset again.

Seto checked his controls and found Pegasus's virus. The virus activated by searching for Yugi and Kisara's cards. In this case it came from the Seiyaryu search. "Kisara's inside, so get ready to go in."

"But the security door."

"We've come this far already, and I'm not going to blow it," Seto smirked and programmed a virtual bomb on the door. "Actually, yes I am." The bomb loaded and detonated, blowing open the door to Field 146. But it was too soon to celebrate. A virtual fortress blocked their way.

"It seems all of Yugi Muto's and Kisara White's duels are processed here, and you won't be able to blow your way through that," Lara informed her master. "It's impenetrable without the password."

Seto smirked. Knowing Pegasus, we wouldn't even dream of someone getting this far through his security. "The password is Pegasus." Lara entered the password, and they entered the fortress.

"You were right!" she exclaimed. "We now have access to Yugi and Kisara's data. Kisara is dueling, and it was just her turn."

Seto's heart beat faster. Even though it was just data, he felt like he was reaching out for her, just like the other times when he'd asked Lara to find where she went. He'd hoped to find her, but years went by no luck. Kisara had been the brightest spot of his life, and then she was gone, like she'd never been there. A dream he'd woken up from. He'd tried asking the other workers about Mrs. White, but they never answered any of his questions. It was like no one was allowed to talk about her. Now Kisara was back, and Seto promised to never lose her again. "I'm here, mon meilleur ami," he whispered, "though you are so much more to me than that."

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I know how to get past one Blue-Eyes, but how do I get past all of them? Kisara grimaced as she hoped for a certain card. Even if I destroy this one, there are still two more in that deck! Kisara mentally cheered when she drew the card she needed. "I'll play a card face-down and end my turn."

"Kisara, please tell me you don't believe him," Mokuba called to her. "I know everyone else thinks Seto is a bad guy, but you know he's not. You've gotta believe that's not him!"

"I believe you, Mokuba," she assured her friend. "This guy hasn't accurately responded to any of my tests, so I know he's not the real Seto."

"It honestly doesn't matter to me if you believe me or not," her opponent sneered. "I've laid all the facts out for you to see, and so there's nothing left I can do now but defeat you. So now, my Blue-Eyes, attack her Seiyaryu. White Lightning!"

"I play my trap card!" Kisara flipped over the last card she set. "Shadow Spell! Now your White Dragon can't attack, and it loses 700 attack points!" Seto scowled as his Dragon was wrapped up in her chains. "Now my Seiyaryu is more than capable of stopping your invincible Blue-Eyes! Go, Razor Fire Blast!" Seto's LifePoints dropped to 500.

The gang cheered for her, but their celebration was short-lived. Seto summoned his second Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and its White Lightning vaporized Seiyaryu. "Why so surprised?" he asked. "There are only three Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards in the world, and they're all in my deck. Yugi's grandfather had the fourth, but I ripped it up. Doesn't that prove I'm the real Seto Kaiba? How else would I know that? I couldn't believe when Yugi beat me with Exodia, and without that monster, there's no way you can defeat. You don't have anything that can stand up to my Dragon."

Oh, you're in for a surprise then. Kisara needed to draw Grandpa's Blue-Eyes, especially now that Seiyaryu was gone. She closed her eyes and drew her card. Yes! "I summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" The hologram flickered as registered the card, and the Dragon appeared on her field.

"Impossible!" her opponent recoiled from her monster. "I have the only three Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards!"

"Why so surprised?" Kisara smirked at him. "You said yourself there were four Blue-Eyes White Dragons. This is the one that belonged to Solomon Muto. It's not a perfect fix, but it still works, or at least enough for the arena to recognize it."

"All right, Kisara!" the gang yelled. "Way to throw him a curveball!"

"So now what do intend to do?" Kisara asked her opponent. "Our Dragons could destroy each other, but it's in your court now."

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Lara began the process of rerouting the data from the Arena 146. Until she succeeded, they wouldn't know for sure if this was the arena Kisara was at. "Yes, Kisara White is in this duel."

"Put it on the screen," Seto commanded.

"I think you'll be most interested in her opponent." The name of Kisara's opponent read Seto Kaiba.

"Is this your idea of a joke?"

"I never joke," Lara scoffed. "Sensors indicate the opponent opposite Kisara is registered as Seto Kaiba, and he's using your deck. From what I can tell, he's also wagered your company as part of the duel. If he wins, he'll give KaibaCorp to Pegasus, and he'll move on to duel Yugi."

"Pegasus must have taken my deck," Seto realized.

"The duelists are almost tied, and Kisara's opponent has his second Blue-Eyes on the field. Surprisingly, Kisara has her own Blue-Eyes on the field."

"What?"

"Apparently she's using the fourth Blue-Eyes White Dragon," Lara informed him. "She took out the first one using Shadow Spell and Seiyaryu. Right now she has 400 LifePoints, and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon is the only card she has in play."

"Kisara could take out one of them with her Blue-Eyes, but that still leaves her vulnerable to the third one. And there's nothing else she has to stop it."

"Well then I hope you have a plan," Lara was ever the realist.

"Yes, but we've got to work fast," Seto began typing out commands. "If that impostor decides to destroy Blue-Eyes in a suicide attack, Kisara will have nothing left to stop the third one. But if we decrease its power from here, it'll put her in the lead."

"I knew you still cared for her," Lara said. "But can we do that?"

"Yeah. Upload a virus to that monster's holo computer. That Dragon is about to get sick, real sick."

"But shouldn't we wait and see what the players do?"

"No time," Seto insisted. "If Kisara loses her dragon, she risks losing the whole duel."

"Viral Injection underway."

Seto tensed as he watched the screen with the duel. "No!" he yelled as Kisara summoned Blackland Fire Dragon and played a face-down card. "Isn't there anything you can do to make this thing go any faster?"

"We're already more than halfway there; this is as fast as it goes," Lara answered him. "But's doesn't seem to be working. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is still showing no signs of weakness."

Seto slammed his fist on the desk in frustration. "The virus is taking effect!" Lara said before he broke something. "The Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack power is beginning to drop."

"Alright, now let's get to work on the third one," Seto turned his attention to the next dragon, but Lara's screen froze. "What's the matter?"

"We've been locked out by a remote terminal," Lara answered. "Looks like we've been hacked!"

Seto scowled as a pink cartoon rabbit in red overalls walked across his screen. It reached the middle and began dancing from one foot to the other, saying "Hey, Kaiba," over and over. Then the rabbit began to multiply, covering everything on the screen. There was no doubt Pegasus was behind it.

"Attack power is holding now at 2000," Lara's voice said over the stupid rabbits.

"The Blue-Eyes is launching its attack."

"No!" Seto slammed his fists on the desk. "Kisara!"

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Kisara didn't know what to think. She expected her opponent to attack, especially since she played Blackland Fire Dragon, but the hologram of his Blue-Eyes flickered, and then it started to melt. Her display showed the Dragon's attack points dropping, but the meter stopped at 2000.

"Attack my Blue-Eyes!" her opponent ordered, and the Dragon's mouth flashed with lightning.

Kisara!

"Seto?" she whispered. Could he be helping her? From where?

The Dragon's attack sparked harmlessly away, and the Dragon's hologram flickered, melting in goo and shattering, leaving Blackland Fire Dragon unharmed. I don't know how, but that was definitely Seto. The real Seto.

"Why?" her opponent screamed and held his head in denial. "Why me?"

"It's simple really," Kisara smirked at her opponent. "You're not the real Seto Kaiba. The real Seto is still alive, and he's the one who stopped you. I heard him call out to me!"

"No, I am the real Kaiba!" he insisted.

"Stop with the lies!" Kisara yelled. "You're nothing but an impostor! I swore when I'd started this, I'd prove whether or not you were the real Seto, and I have! Now tell us who you really are!"

"Well, I guess the gig is up," her opponent sneered before his appearance began to change. His entire form began to mutate, large blobs protruding from his skin as even his size changed. When the mutation finished, Kisara faced a large man with receding pink hair and a clown-like grin. His enormous body was covered in a long black cape, and he wore a duelist's glove on his right hand. I guess that answers that question. Now she knew where her opponent had gotten his star chips. "I always did find this form more comfortable," he grinned at her.

"Eww!" Tea yelled, rubbing her arms as if to wipe away a creeping sensation. "It's hideous!"

"I always thought this duel might turn ugly," Joey said, "but not that ugly!"

"Finish him off, Kisara!" Yugi yelled. "You've still got Blue-Eyes on your field!"

Kisara nodded to her friends. "Let's finish this!" she yelled to her opponent.

"Yes, let's," her opponent drew his card. "Grappler, in defense mode."

"Hyozanryu!" Kisara summoned another dragon with 2100 attack points. "And I'll activate my face-down card: Gift of the Mystical Elf. It increases my LifePoints by 300 for every monster on the field." Great, now I'm up to 1600 LifePoints. Now I can survive if he draws his last Blue-Eyes and attacks Blackland Fire Dragon. "Now, Hyozanryu, attack his Grappler!" The white-scaled dragon vaporized the blue monster. "I'll end my turn with a face-down."

"Ah, parting is such sweet sorrow," the doppelganger muttered as he drew. "Next I play Mystic Horseman in defense mode. And I'll lay one card face-down just like you."

What is he thinking? Should I attack? I know I won't get anywhere waiting for the last Blue-Eyes. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack the Mystic Horseman with White Lightning!" A sense of thrill surged through Kisara when the Dragon attacked. I don't know what it is, but I really like this dragon.

Kisara's thrill was cut short when her opponent activated his trap card: Negate Attack. It stopped her attack in its tracks and left the Horseman unharmed. I suppose it could have been worse.

The guy grinned as he drew his card. "Behold! The Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" The familiar monster appeared on his field.

"So we're back to where we were before," Kisara said.

"Don't worry, Kisara!" Mokuba yelled to her. "Seto will help just like last time!"

"Dream on," Kemo laughed at Mokuba's hope. "You're luck's about to run out. This Dragon's at full power, and Kaiba's in no position to do anything about it 'cause we found his hiding place, and now he's on the run."

Kemo's giving me more hope than despair. Kisara was more concerned about Seto's safety, and she was prepared for her opponent to summon his last Blue-Eyes. "If you're trying to scare me, you'll have to do better than that," she said to Kemo. "If you think I can't handle one Dragon on my own, you don't know a thing about me. Dragons are my specialty."

"We'll see about that," her opponent sneered. "Blue-Eyes, attack her Blackland Fire Dragon with your White Lightning." Kisara's LifePoints dropped to 100.

"Time to finish this," Kisara drew her card. "I play Monster Reborn!"

"NO!" the doppelganger yelled. "That'll let you revive any monster from either player's graveyard!"

"Exactly," Kisara smirked at him. "And you can guess which monster I want. Come forth, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" A second Dragon appeared on her field. Now it was two against one. "Now I'll increase one of the Dragon's attack strength with the magic card Dragon's Treasure. And I activate the second Dragon's Treasure I set a few turns ago. With 600 extra attack points, my Blue-Eyes has more than enough power to wipe out your Dragon and the rest of your LifePoints."

"NOOOO!" her opponent yelled as he covered his face with his hands.

"Consider this a message from the real Seto," Kisara felt wind blow around her as she spoke. She could hear the dragons roaring with desire stop the one who disrespected them and their masters. She could feel them anticipating her command to attack. "Go, Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Attack with White Lightning!"

The light from the attack was blinding, and the wind blowing Kisara's hair picked up. She felt the Dragons' rage subside as the attack struck true. When the light died, her opponent was nowhere to be seen. As she descended the arena, Kisara felt light-headed, and her knees buckled.

"Whoa!" Joey caught her. "Are you okay?"

"I think that duel took more out of me than I thought," she answered. "What about the impostor?"

"He's gone," Joey helped her stand.

"And Seto's deck?" she asked as she leaned on him.

"Yugi's getting it now. You did it, Kisara."

Kisara looked around for Mokuba. He was the reason she dueled in the first place. "Where's Mokuba?"

Joey looked around too. "No way!" he yelled. "Guys, did you see where Mokuba went?"

Everyone ran around calling his name, but it was too late. Mokuba was Pegasus's prisoner again. I'm sorry, Petit Frère. I failed you. Kisara promised to save Mokuba no matter what. He was now her reason to keep fighting and make it to Pegasus.

I haven't done author's notes on this story yet, but I have to add what Kisara was calling the Kaibas. Since it's implied Kisara was from a different country than Egypt in the past, I thought it would cool for her to know a little French. So she's calling Mokuba 'Little Brother' and he's calling her 'Sister.' For Seto, essentially one of then would call the other 'my friend,' and the other would respond with calling them 'my best friend,' and that's what she's waiting for Seto to say when she asks the impostor about how they met. Since he doesn't, she knows he's not real. Also, I do not actually speak French and used Google Translate for these phrases, so if someone actually speaks French and knows these are inaccurate, pleasetell me so I can fix it.

Thanks for reading!