*Author's Note & Disclaimer*

I apologize again for not keeping up like I mentioned in my last chapter. This was something done where I didn't have enough thoughts gathered... I think I lost my muse somewhere in the middle of writing this chapter. There are also two other famous characters I added, outside of Yu-Gi-Oh, into here. Please do tell me if you can still find this story listed under the Yu-Gi-Oh anime on fanfiction or if you had to search through the crossover list. I never wrote a crossover before & I totally forgot how other crossover stories (that I've read) look like listed on fanfiction... I think I rushed writing this, but I really lost my muse.. I really wanted to bring these new characters in subtly somehow without throwing them in your face later on in later chapters. Hope you like!

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Chapter 3: Morning Dew Blue

Domino City, Tokyo, Japan

May 8th, 2018, 8:45am

Seto arrived that Tuesday morning into Kaiba Corp. donned in a light blue EXPRESS suit paired with a bright white dress shirt & royal blue tie, with every intention to get all of his work done as soon as possible before friday. He needed to get to New York as fast as he could. After Roland pulled up files that Téa's graduation would come soon, he thought of visiting her before it would happen. But he had to tie up loose ends for the next two weeks in Domino before he left. After setting down the files on his desk, he went to the cafe room on his floor to get his daily dose of caffeine. As he was about to reach for his cup, he heard a familiar Brooklyn accent making its way towards this room.

"Tristan, I swear dis exam is gonna be da end of my life! I gotta ace it. If I don't, den everything's done for, man!" Joey Wheeler yelled coming in, with his longtime friend, Tristan Taylor, behind him.

"Joey, stop being dramatic. It's not going to be the end of the world. It's just a final exam. You act like you're going to go into cardiac arrest if you fail." Tristan tried to calm him down.

Seto looked at both wondering if they even realized he was in the room already. 'Leave it to Wheeler to be so dramatic over an exam that won't matter in five more years. Or even five minutes after knowing his grade.' He decided to make himself known since they wouldn't stop the early morning debate if he'll fail or pass. "Wheeler, stop being so fucking loud over an exam this early. You have three hours left to go."

Both Joey & Tristan shrieked at the same time, wondering when did Kaiba come in to the building. "GYAHH! When the hell did you get here? Why are you even here right now?!"

Seto sweatdropped. "How many times do I have to explain that I can come & go whenever I want?"

Tristan pushed Joey off from their mid-shriek hugging..& dropped him on the floor. "We know, but we'd thought you wouldn't be here til 9 or 9:30 for Mokuba's meeting about the Commander. Which by the way, did you tell him yet?"

"No…. Not yet.." Seto turned back to his coffee & started filling it to the brim.

"Whaaat? Come on Kaiba. He shoulda known by now about ya plans to get him to 'military school'. Kid's gonna freak out wit da bomb you lay on him outta nowhere." Joey fixed his suit after getting off the floor.

"As long as he doesn't freak out like you, I can deal with his reaction. He needs to get some discipline down after the few mishaps he's had at Domino High." Seto grimaced at the flashbacks of his little brother's behavior throughout his high school years. When & where did Mokuba learn to become a partying playboy so early? Why couldn't his little brother be cute & forever 12-13 years old when he had behaved way better?

Tristan came up next to him to start his coffee & turned the settings to vanilla cappuccino. "Ya know Kaiba, he's not as totally bad like the rest of the kids at high school. It's not like Mokuba's sold drugs on the black market in the streets or even stole anything huge or went to jail. He just threw a lot of parties, which is what most high school kids do."

"Taylor, that still doesn't excuse him. Especially since he's posted so much on his instagram & snapchat! Which, might I add, are both public. & he's the VP of Kaiba Corp. Do you know how much this will ruin our image? Wheeler, step away from the sugar!" He turned to Joey who was about to take the entire sugar canister to dump in his empty cup. "You're not taking that much sugar for that stupid exam. You'll go into cardiac arrest before entering the room."

Joey whimpered while Seto took the sugar canister away from him.

"You wonder why Kaiba keeps calling you a dog when you act like one most of the time & sound like one." Tristan peeked from behind. That earned a smirk from Seto.

Joey was flustered in annoyance. "EYY! I'm not a dog nor do I act like one."

"Then stop whimpering like one & calm down." Seto went to take his coffee & lean against the counter til they both got their cups done so that he can go into his office again. "None of us even had so much time to even party like that when we were in high school due to all the freaks chasing after us. So there's a huge difference between our time & his."

Tristan continued his point. "Ok. So you haven't told him yet. But you think he'll just listen & go after his graduation is finished? I don't know Kaiba. He might just want to live for the little time left in his adolescence."

Seto responded, "I'm not trying to give him a choice, Taylor. He needs to calm down. His 19th birthday is coming up & he needs to start acting like an adult. It's the real world after high school. He needs to grow up now. He also needs to learn how to use spells & weapons so that anyone can stop bothering to kidnap him every now & then…." He felt his iPhone vibrate with a snapchat notification. -'Snapchat from sleonhart823'-

Seto slides the notification open & views it. Apparently the Commander made it back in time for the meeting to happen. 'Perfect. He's here.' Now one less thing to worry about, he turned his attention back on the two. "Let's go before you have to leave for the exam." The two followed him back into his office, passing the morning secretary, Rosalie Cromwell, with a greeting. After closing Seto's office door behind them, they started getting down to business.

"I'm going to take a wild guess here, but you're most likely sending Noah over there too?" Tristan asked.

Seto finally sat at his desk. "He can only go if he passes the physical exam. He's been doing well since he's gotten back. But you never know." Tristan looked at him with concern & Joey looked down at his coffee. Both knew after Seto came back from the afterlife, he had done some crazy things within a whole year that not a lot of people would do for someone his age. After accepting magic & his own ancient powers into his life, as well as seeing magic & so much more around him in his travels, he created a lot of projects. His first one after the duel dimension, was to bring Noah back, which he succeeded in.

Bringing Noah's mind back to his body was the easy part. But he still had to go through so many surgeries & physical therapy in rehab just to get his body moving back to life after all these years of immobility. It was a miracle to bring back your own step brother to the real world. Although Noah felt weird because he was still four years younger than Seto in physical body, but the same age as him when you technically count it from his birth. But Noah was glad to be back into the real world instead of being stuck in virtual reality. Then Mokuba was really happy to have another brother in physical being with him. But Seto was still surprised Noah wasn't a huge party boy like Mokuba was, even though those two are usually caught together causing pranks & going everywhere attached to the hip.

His own Solid Vision technology had also helped a great deal in getting Noah to function efficiently before, during, & after surgery. So he felt grateful that there were a lot of benefits to it in the positive sense. Joey chose to speak up after the short silence. "Not that I'd actually consider you to be God or anythin' of the sort, but you're doing an amazing job, Kaiba. You were able to come back, as batshit crazy as it sounds to be in the afterlife in the first place. But you even got your other brother back from that virtual hell he was stuck in. Can't get any better than that, coming back alive safe & sound."

Kaiba released a breath he didn't know he was holding listening to Joey. "Thanks Wheeler. Seriously."

"I'm sure he'll be able to join once he's really good to go physically. Although I know you're only sending them there for discipline, as well as self-defense, it might not be too much on Noah if he goes towards the mage route & chooses to do more spells, rather than fight physically." Tristan gave another few words of encouragement. "Besides, I think Selphie & Quistis will let him handle more training with spells instead of weapons first. Hopefully the kid doesn't make something huge like a boat as far as weapons go."

Seto smirked & Joey couldn't keep his laughs in about the silly idea. "Nyeh! Kid might wipe out an entire field of monsters with a huge boat. Wouldn't know an Arc hit 'em til they're squashed. Especially the damn malboro's & tonberries!" All three remember the memory of Joey almost not being able to escape the field practice in one piece. His flaming sword barely scratching the tonberry they stumbled upon & then the malboro petrifying him with it's bad breath. The commander & Seto couldn't stop smacking their foreheads in annoyance that day. Poor Tristan had to be the one to finish the random battle & even carry Joey's petrified body back to the infirmary from the field.

"Aaaahhhhh memories! Hopefully you'll remember to avoid the tonberry & leave them to people who can handle them, Jou." Tristan reminded him.

Of course, Joey gets riled up again. "EEYYY! I already learned my lessons! …...15 of 'em from those creepy toads!"

"Yeah, while me & Tristan only had one lesson & passed. You knew you were supposed to study the field exam guide before even stepping foot in that field." Seto reminded him.

Joey groaned. "Not every one of us has a great photographic memory like you, Kaiba. I go to school, work for ya, study for both Domino & Garden, & then to top it all off, there's Mai! It's a lot, Kaiba!"

Seto laid back in his chair & did sort of feel bad for him. "If I dated Valentine, she alone is a lot & I'd even trade her in for tonberry. But thank god I don't & I never will." He smiled with his eyes closed & hand holding his head.

"Ya damn toad-lover, she's not that bad. & forget Mai! You can't even have the balls to contact Téa yet! But yet, you tell Roland to track her every move! When are ya gonna take your damn leap of faith, Kaiba the toad?!" Joey pointed towards Seto & grinned.

Seto looked at him with narrowed eyes, "Last time I checked, I was the Ice Prince of Domino & Tokyo."

Joey still kept his argument going. "Maybe, & the only one that didn't need to be kissed to turn into one. But ya still act like a damn hermit when it concerns Téa. We know you're gonna leave early to go to New York too! & Don't deny it either!"

Tristan took his chance to intervene this time. "Ok, ok, no need to turn this into a gamble. You'd lose it anyway, Joey." Seto smirked & Joey glared daggers at Tristan. "You might as well take your chance now, Kaiba. She's not gonna wait forever. I'm pretty sure you also don't want her to go for any other guy either. So you better make a move when you arrive there. You don't want Priest Seto to haunt you, do you?"

Seto looked at him. "He wouldn't dare. Besides, he's resting somewhere under a pyramid & nothing but bones right now in his sarcophagus."

"Yeah, but he can still try to haunt you or even roam around in this life just like when Atem did with Yugi." Tristan chided.

"Ughh….Don't remind me." Seto looked to his intercom blinking. "Yes Rosalie?"

"The commander & the prince have arrived, Mr. Kaiba. Shall I send them in?" Seto thought back on it & was surprised on why the killing perfection would arrive on a random moment, though not unusual that they gather in meetings altogether. But right now was very spontaneous & uncalled for. Considering this meeting was about Mokuba & Noah, & not company business. He gave Rosalie a response.

"Yes, Rosalie, send them in. Also, send Mokuba & Noah in without notifying me when they decide to arrive." Of course, of all days that Mokuba could actually and intentionally want to be late, it just had to be today. 'Why today of all days can he be late? & Why hold up Noah along with him?'

Joey decided to sit next to Tristan while Tristan sat next to the head chair at the meeting table inside Seto's office that was only of use to people very close to him. Seto decided to get up from his desk & sit at the head of the head of the table. Seto had implemented that after all the fiascoes they faced in the past, he had to hire a new board of directors (of his own choosing, with Roland's & Fuguta's input) that he solely trusted. Joey & Tristan were two of them on the board, but also were positioned with other jobs that kept them much closer to Kaiba. Soon enough, the door opened, & in walked the two Seto was waiting for.

One was a man of lean, muscular build that filled in the past few years. Standing at 5 feet & 11 inches, with tousled chestnut brown hair like his own, but had ice blue eyes compared to his azure orbs. Surprisingly he came in today with a short sleeve black leather, white deep v-neck shirt, & black jeans instead of his usual long sleeved one with the feather neckline & leather pants. He still donned all his belts, just like Seto himself usually wore with his battle city attire, & had on his griever cross necklace.

The other man, at the height of 6 feet & 2 inches, like Seto & also with a muscular build, had his thigh length silver hair flowing behind him, & looked on with amber gold eyes. Signature marks, famous among the royal Inu blood, graced his facial features with the purple crescent moon & two magenta stripes crossing both sides of cheeks. He came in wearing a white Issey Miyaki business suit, with a light purple dress shirt & white silk tie.

Joey & Tristan greeted them with their good mornings & Seto took this moment to start. "Good morning. Now that we're all here, besides Mokuba & Noah, let's get started with this meeting, Squall & Sesshomaru."

Commander Squall Leonhart of Balamb Garden, & Lord Sesshomaru Taisho, one of the prince's of the Inu family & CEO's of Taisho Industries, were Seto's very close business partners. And even over the past few years, became Seto's best friends as well. Though all three had an awkward time getting used to the common term of 'friendship', their actions have long proved otherwise in both the business world & personal as well. Most would call Squall as Seto's long lost brother because of their identical similarities & habits, whereas Sesshomaru had fit due to his cautious personality & cold demeanor to the world but protective to those he cared for.

Squall narrowed his eyes at the three of them, "Good morning to you too. You guys are up to something & it's not about the boys."

Sesshomaru chimed in. "Indeed. Perhaps it has to do with something outside of business & family?" He smirked knowing he can sense Seto's defense barrier spike up. "What is he planning? Or rather, making Roland plan?"

"Not something. Just someone. Good ol' Kaiba here is finally gonna make his move!" Leave it to Joey to open his mouth. "It better be an innocent move too, before I get on dat first flight to New York City to kick your ass." He narrowed his eyes at Seto.

Tristan sweatdropped & Seto didn't hide his annoyance. "Really Wheeler, didn't Valentine train you to keep your mouth shut? Or even put a muzzle on you for having a big mouth?" Seto sipped once more of his coffee before he spoke again. "It's not confirmed & booked yet for New York, just so all four of you know."

Sesshomaru looked skeptically at him. "So you're finally prepared to court Miss Gardner?"

"You make it sound like a mission. I'm not going that far yet…. I've to get to know her first, personally, before anything else happens." Seto replied.

Joey spoke, "Again Kaiba, don't break her heart. She's already been heartbroken once. She don't need another."

"Hopefully she's not like one of those nagging, demanding females that chase you for your wealth. I mean I don't know her personally, and you guys haven't seen her in person for the past few years. So you don't know what could've really changed. Plus she's not the same exact person as she was in her past life." Squall told him.

Tristan spoke up in her defense. "Nahh, no doubt Téa isn't like that. She never was and she wouldn't start now. Only difference is that she was royalty in her past life as Teana, but she's still a kind-hearted soul."

Seto tapped his fingers on the table, annoyed at Yugi for even telling them about their past lives after Seto started having dreams & visions of the past. If Yugi never told them, this conversation wouldn't even be happening about Téa. "Yugi is lucky to be in California right now." He felt irked.

Squall held his hands up. "Alright, we'll talk more about this later, whenever it's confirmed. Now, did you tell Mokuba & Noah about sending them to Balamb yet?" Trying to drop the subject of Téa, he had to get back on the main point of today's meeting.

Seto was about to tell him no, but his office door abruptly opened, with both of his brothers coming in. Mokuba ran in like he ran a mile up a flight of stairs & Noah walking in calmly behind him. "So you were the only one running late, Mokuba."

Mokuba smiled sheepishly at his older brother & waved at all of the occupants in the room. "Hehe….Morning guys! I kinda slept in a bit…."

Noah placed a hand on Mokuba's shoulder, a bit too hard which meant he was annoyed with Mokuba's laziness lately. "Yeah, when you know you're supposed to sleep earlier on a school night." Noah looked at all of them at the table. "So new business deals?"

"Nope. Nothing of the sort." Squall told him.

Noah looked with a concerned look. "So a last vacation with all of you before we go to college then?" Tristan shook his head with a no. "Then what is this meeting for if all of you are here at the same time?"

Seto gave them a strict expression, lips in a straight line, eyebrows slightly arched, as if he was about to ground them. Well, more like ground Mokuba considering Noah is the more calmer one now. "I'm sending you both to Balamb Garden."

Both had their jaws dropped open. "WHAAAAATTTTTT?! WHY?!" Mokuba decided to speak first before Noah. "How come we have to go to Balamb instead of a normal University? There's no wars going on right now."

Seto still kept his stern look. "Mokuba, you know that you really need to change your bad habits that you unfortunately picked up on lately. As well as putting your entire life publically on social media, which needs to stop."

"Chill bro, I'm not that bad!" Mokuba retorted. "You act like I'm on drugs or I'll end up in jail."

"Hmmmm, change my mind when you prove it to me in several months." Seto chided him. "You both are also going there for other reasons as well, besides for Mokuba's juvenile behavior. You both are of age now, to handle adult life. But since you're a Kaiba, you're still under scrutiny & the watchful eyes of competitors."

Noah finally spoke up. "Yeah, & Mokuba is usually the one that gets kidnapped. So again, why am I needed to go when I'm of no use to any of those idiots?"

Sesshomaru decided to make a point, seeing as how this reminded him of his own younger brother. "Really, little one," Noah grew irked at the mention of it since it became Sesshomaru's favorite teasing name for him, "Last I remembered from all the past events, you had also kidnapped your own brothers & his comrades back then while hacking into Seto's technology & subdued their minds in virtual reality because you were looking to escape. Now that you're back, you should be of much help to your brother, & everyone else can see that that alone makes you another target."

Noah arched his brows, "Ok. & your other point to send us there?"

Seto started, "You're going to go learn magic & defense to protect yourselves. We're here but we may not always be there. So you should start to hold your ground if anything were to happen. You both should know better. This world is full of shit."

Squall decided to talk. "In any case, you guys will get training in defense, magic, as well as a normal university education, should you choose to continue your higher education studies at Balamb or even transfer to another university. Your credits will be eligible & you can still even take your own weapons with you. If you choose to not become SeeD, that is fine. Just as long as you meet all training requirements needed to defend yourselves, you should be fine."

Mokuba pondered in his own thoughts. "Ok, I'll go….But on one condition, instead of choosing to run away."

"Ya wouldn't make it kid. You go hidin' anywhere in the world, Icy toad prince over here will drag all of us with him to go find you." Joey reminded him.

"Yeah, I would need your's & the Taisho's noses to go find him, Wheeler."

Joey tried to muster up the dirtiest look he could give Seto. "Kaaaiiiiba…..!"

'Why do they always have to throw remarks against each other at unnecessary moments?' Squall pondered. "Ok what is the condition?"

Mokuba talked away. "I get to dorm with as well as train with Noah & we get to come home on weekends!"

Squall looked at him carefully. "We can work that out. But don't know about training with your brother. He still has to pass his physical exam if you remember. So we're good for the next few months?"

Mokuba & Noah both looked at each other before facing their new commander. "Yes Commander."

"You don't have to start calling me that now. Just wait til you get there." Squall reminded them. He still didn't really like being called commander by people close to him. The title felt odd.

"Good. You two should be ready by the end of June to leave towards Balamb." Seto told them. "Now that that is out of the way, I've to get things of my own out of the way before leaving."

Now curiosity hit both of his younger brothers interests. "LIKE WHAT?!"

"Nothing for you to know." Seto cut the subject short. But before he could get out of his chair, Roland came running in the door.

"Master Kaiba, your flight tickets are booked for New York City to see Miss Gardner." Both of the boys' eyes went wide & they bobbed their heads left & right from Seto to Roland. Seto slapped his forehead knowing his plans are now all out there. & then they screamed. "YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TEA?!"