Konnichiwa!! Here is chapter 3!!! I'm glad that you liked the other 2 chapters.

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Summary: Seto and Mokuba go through a harsh life after having lost their real parents and ended up in the orphanage. After winning a chess match they were adopted. Unfortunately their father was of the cruel type.

One day, he meets a little girl in his gardens. He seemed to be calm with her and he wanted to be with her. But then she left and he never got to know her name! Till this day he wonders who she was. The only clue he has is a necklace and that her passion was dancing. Then one day a man introduces his daughter to Seto. Could she be the girl from his past?

Disclaimer: I do not own the show.

Chapter 3:

New Friends

"Wow!!! They redecorated it!!!" Rose stared in awe, taking in the new appearance of her old room. "And I love it!!!" she added to herself.

They had the wallpaper changed to a wallpaper with a floral design. Her old bed was replaced by a four-poster bed with bedside tables on each side, complete with a small lamp. A beautifully carved dresser was placed near her bed, complete with her necessities. The mirror was lovely as well, the frame had carved flowers around.

Feeling the smooth surface, she observed the drawers and the objects on top. Some jewelry boxes for her to use, some make-up she liked and even some small figurines to enhance the appearance. Staring a small figurine of a little girl holding a puppy, she began to think to herself.

"So much has changed...I can tell...oh well...better than staying in the past..." Looking up, she saw the doors to her balcony. Opening the doors, she then stepped out into the sunshine. "Time to go exploring!!" she announced to no one in particular and went back inside.

Seeing that her luggage has already been brought in, she began to unpack. As she unpacked, she placed the clothes that she would choose from to wear to go out. After she was done, she went on to unpack her shoes, jewelry, accessories,etc. After almost an hour, she took a look at the clothes on her bed.

"Hmm...which one should I wear?" she thought to herself. "It has to be something that would annoy Kuro..." She giggled after thinking this to herself.

She finally decided on a black sleeveless top, with a white long-sleeved shrug which was closed by tying it around her chest. Along with a short brown skirt, just to be safe, she also wore some leggings so that she could move freely. Last but not the least, her favorite pair of boots. So what if she has a protective brother? It's her wardrobe and besides, their father doesn't mind, especially since she's all grown up.

Looking at herself in the mirror, she tried to decide whether she should keep her hair the way it is or change it. Making up her mind, she decided to leave it braided since she wanted to leave right away.

Putting a necklace around her neck, she looked at herself in the mirror. She posed a bit in front of the mirror to make sure that her outfit looked fine. Satisfied, she took her bag, grabbed a pair of shades and exited her room.

Just when she was about to go down the stairs, Kuro stepped out from his room which was not far from hers. "Oh no..." she groaned to herself and placed on her shades. Thinking that she still had the chance, she started to walk downstairs.

"Going already?"

Stopping in her tracks, she turned to him with a big yet fake smile on her face. "Yes, brother dear, I'm going to go out now." replied Rose, a sweatdrop appeared on her head. "Oh no!!! He's going to follow me!!! Why did he have to come out now???"

Walking towards her with a small smile on his face he said, "Alright, see you later then!" He placed his hand on her shoulder for a moment, then he walked right past her.

"Huh?" Rose just stood there, surprised that he didn't try to make her let him go as well. "See you later..." she said slowly and softly, not believing this, this was a first! Walking down the stairs she thought to herself, "Did he just NOT try to follow me? And why is he going towards the library?"

Curious, she stopped in the middle of the stairs, trying to figure out what was going on. Still deep in thought, she failed to notice an old friend enter the room. Noticing her standing there he smiled and called out, "Welcome back, Ms. Rose."

Snapping herself from her thoughts, she looked up, her eyes widened as she recognizes the familiar old but gentle butler, giving her a warm smile. "Mr. Lee!!! Omigosh!! It has been so long since the last time I saw you!!" exclaimed Rose, running down the stairs and she hugged her old friend and playmate.

Chuckling, he stroked her hair like he used to when she was young. Mr. Lee, was on of her dear friends and their butlers in the family. He has been taking care of the two since they were very young and never failed to give them love. He has grey hair that was combed back, giving him that familiar butler look. A normal butler suit, along with the little flower that Rose had made when she was little.

"And you're still wearing it." she giggled, and then she twirled a bit to show him what she was wearing. "What do you think?"

"It looks so good on you that Mr. Kuro would tie you down," he joked then both of them laughed. "Well, off to the city I supposed?" he asked kindly.

"That's right!" she replied enthusiastically. "Could you please call the driver for me?"

"Of course, I'll call you when he arrives."

Slowly shaking her head, she said, "No, I'll go with you, so that I can leave right away."

"Of course." he bowed and started walking towards the front door with Rose following him. "I see that Mr. Kuro isn't with you today."

"It's was kind of strange that he didn't try to go with me..." she said slowly, looking around. "But it's fine with me...by the way...where's father? I didn't see him when I came down..." Rose asked, turning to him."

"I believe that he's in his study having a meeting with a client." Lee replied. "Don't worry, I shall inform him that you have left when he is done."

"Okay..."

And so, they were able to find a driver who was available. Rose requested for one of the cars instead of a limo so she she wouldn't attract too much attention. Getting in, she said before closing the door, "I'll see you later!"

"Take care!" waved Mr. Lee, watching them leave the driveway. After they had left, he went back inside.

"Where to Ms.?" asked the driver, looking at her in the mirror. He has long black hair tied in a low ponytail, with eyes of the color green. Judging from his appearance, he seems to be in his early twenties.

"To the city" she replied, smiling at him and then she asked kindly, "By the way...what's your name?"

"Kira...you can call me Kira..."

"Well then Kira...you can call me Rose."

Back at the mansion...

Entering his favorite place, he took a deep breath. "At least nothing much has changed here...except for the new books they placed here..."

Proceeding towards the middle of the room, where there sat a desk that he used to use whenever he would read books. There were also some other comfortable chairs and a coffee table. A lamp was sitting on top of his desk along with some files that wasn't there the last time he was here which was when he was still small.

"What's this?" he muttered to himself. Taking the files in his hands he began to scan through them. "What are Rose's records doing here..."

Birth certificate. school records, medical records, programs, her pictures from when she was baby until the picture of her now. Papers with her information were also included in the files, there were even what seemed to be contracts addressing her.

"How did he get these pictures? And who was able to collect this information?" Kuro thought out loud.

There were information and facts about Rose that only he knew about. And she told him these when they were still in America. Suddenly, he thought of their father, but he couldn't have. Sure they sent him some letters but the things written in their files were things that they never told him.

"I wonder...has he been spying on us? What is he planning to do..." he wondered to himself, suddenly he heard some footsteps. "Shoot! I better get out of here!" He hurriedly put back the files to its original place. Seeing the bathroom open, he immediately went in and locked the door.

Slowly, the doors open and someone called out, "Mr. Kuro?" It was Mr. Lee's footsteps he heard. "Mr Kuro?" he called out again, stepping into the room.

Thinking of an excuse, he flushed the toilet and washed his hands. "I'm in here!" he replied, then he went to unlock the door. "What is it?" he asked, trying to look calm.

Bowing he said, "Ms. Rose has left already for the city. And your father requests that you see him in his study." He added, straightening himself.

"I see...very well...you can tell him that I'll be there in while." said Kuro, closing the bathroom door.

"Of course..." And then he left the room without another word.

"Phew...that was close...I better get going then..." muttered Kuro as he walks out of the library. Taking one last look at the files on the desk, he closed the door.

Rose's POV

"You can drop me off here." Rose pointed at a spot in front of a small store. "I'll just call you when I want to go."

He stopped the car and got out to open the door for her. As she climbs out he said to her with a smile, "Have a nice day."

"Thanks" she smiled back at him and watches him as he gets back inside the car and drives off. She waves at him, as he drives away. After he was gone she turned to look at the place around her. "Alright then, first stop: The card shop!"

Seeing some, she fixed her shades and started to the first one. When she opened the door, a small bell rang. Hearing the bell, the cashier register looked up from the magazine he was reading. Seeing the pretty girl walking in, he placed down the magazine and said with a big smile, "Hello there! See anything you like?"

"Um..." She scanned the cards that were being displayed underneath the glass the counter. "Do you have any other cards?" she asked, glancing at him from her shades.

Winking at her, he said, "Actually I do, just wait here while I get them from the back." Then he went through the back door, leaving her alone in the shop.

Now that she was alone, she began to observe the cards that were in display. Most of them she had already, and most of them she didn't need. "These are not the ones I need..." she whispered to herself.

"Here we go! I've got some cards that you could use!" he said cheerfully, putting a suitcase on top of the counter. As he slowly, unlocked it, he said with a big grin, "I'm sure you're going to like these..."

Opening the suitcase, he revealed super rare cards! Keeping his eyes on her for any reaction, he said, "Well? Are you interested?"

"Where did you get these?" She asked, taking one of the cards in her hands, and observed it. "These are supposed to be really hard to find."

Smirking he replied, "Ah, that's my little secret. So, would you like to buy some? I can offer them to you at a reasonable price."

"No thanks, I'm not interested in fake cards..." she said, putting back the card and turned to the door. "You can't fool me, I can tell the difference between a real card and a fake card."

This startled him, "W-W-What are you talking about?" he stammered and he smiled nervously, "I'm telling you the truth, these are original c-"

"Yeah, yeah, you can say whatever you want but I'm not buying." she interrupted him, already opening the door. "Although, if I were you I wouldn't lie to my customers." She said and she left.

This left the guy speechless, he looked at the case which was still open. After a few moments of thinking, he closed it and muttered to himself, "Looks like I have to wait for another sucker..." And he closed the suitcase and placed back in the storage room for the next coming customer.

"Hmph! What's wrong with him?" she thought to herself, as she walked away from the shop. "A true duelist would NEVER buy fake cards...even replicas of rare cards..." Pausing for a while, she took a look at the other shops around her. "Hmm...where should I go next?" Spotting an interesting-looking shop, she smiled and whispered to herself, "This one looks good..."

With Yugi and the others...

"Hey Tea!! Wait for us!!" yelled Joey, a teenager with blonde hair and chocolate brown eyes. "Tea!!"

The girl with brown hair and light blue eyes, stopped walking so fast. "What? You guys are so slow!" she complained. "Come on! There's going to be a sale and I don't want to miss it!" She turned and went ahead of them.

"Tea..." groaned another friend of theirs,who has purple eyes and hair that was yellow in the front, and black at the back outlined with the color purple. "Seriously, what are they going to sell?"

"Come on Yugi...let's just follow her..." said Tristan, a man with pointed brown hair. "Knowing girls...they go crazy whenever there's a sale..."

"Then why are we with her? I don't like shopping as much she does..." Joey asked. "I prefer to go and duel with someone!" he added punching his hand in the air.

"I know!" Yugi said and pointed at one of the card shops. "Why don't we go and check out if they have any new cards?"

"That's a great idea Yugi!" exclaimed Joey. "Now we won't be bored to death with Tea shopping!" And he immediately went straight for the shop. "Come on! Before she sees us!"

"Slow down Joey...what's she going to do to us anyway?"

He gave them an evil smile, "I bet she's going to make you tell her your opinions on the clothes she tries on..."

Their faces paled when it struck the. Joey was right, girls love to ask people about the clothes they're wearing and if they say on wrong thing, they should be prepared for a good bashing.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Tristan then ran towards Joey who was laughing his head off at the sight of their faces. "Yugi! Hurry up!"

"Wait for me!" he said, running after them.

Joey stuck out his tongue at them and pushed the door open. Not paying attention, he didn't see the person in front of him and walked right in.

"Nyah ny-" he was cut off as he suddenly bumps into a girl. "Hey!" he shouted as he tried to catch her before she falls but he was too late and fell as well.

"Ah!" she slightly screams as she fell onto the ground. "That hurts..." she moaned, slightly sitting up.

"Ouch...my head..." Joey rubbed his head then he remembered the girl under him. "Hey, are you alright?"

"Yo Joey! What happened?" Tristan and Yugi entered the shop and then stopped seeing him on top of a girl. Shocked expressions crossed their faces. "Joey! What are you doing???"

"Huh?" he looked at them but then he realizes the position they were in and his face turns red."Oh no! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean that!" he nervously apologized.

Getting off the ground she brushed some dirt form her skirt and said to them with a smile. "Don't worry, I'm alright and it wasn't your fault." Then she picked up her shades that were lying on the floor, but when she took a closer look she saw that there was a crack! "Oh no! And these were my favorite pair..."

Joey suddenly felt guilty. "It's my fault! I should have watched where I was going! I know! Why don't I make it up to you?" he began talking really fast trying to cheer her up. "Right Tristan?"

Yugi however, was too busy taking in her appearance. She has long braided brown hair, blue eyes. He took a look at her outfit and immeadiately became curious.

"Yugi? Are you alright?" Tristan waved his hand in front of his face, trying to catch his attention. "Come on...we're going to get something to eat."

"Huh? Alright then..." replied Yugi and followed Tristan silently, still curious about the girl. "Where have I seen her before?"

At the food court...

"Here you go!!! My treat!" Joey presented a tray that had a burger, some fries and shake. "Sorry...but this is all I can do for now..."

Gently waving her hand, she said kindly, "No, it's all right...I can just ask my father to buy me another pair..." Then she took the burger into her hands and besides, she was getting hungry anyway, but she does feel a bit uneasy with others buying her food. "This does look good...thank you very much!"

This made Joey blush, "Sure, no problem..." Then he started to eat some of his fries. "That reminds me, what's your name anyway?"

"Oh! Silly me!" she exclaimed, then she placed down her burger and slightly bowed her head. "My name is Rose, it's very nice to meet you all."

"Well, I'm Joey!" he pointed at himself then he pointed at the other two. "That one with brown hair is Tristan...and the little guy is Yugi."

"Nice to meet...and..." Yugi began then paused for while before continuing. "Can I ask what were you doing in that shop?" he asked shyly. How she was dressed, it made her look unlike a duelist.

"Hmm?" she looked at him as she drank some of her shake. "Oh, I was just looking around...at some cards."

"You're a duelist?" Tristan raised an eyebrow and looked at her outift. Then he noticed that she had caught him looking. "I-I'm sorry...it's just that..."

At first, she just cocked her a head bit, staring at them and confused for a while. Understanding what they were thinking she started to laugh, "I know...I don't look like one..." she said. "But yes, I am a duelist." It does seem like her brother was right, but then again, this could be handy. Looks can be deceiving.

"Really? That sounds great! Hey what's your favorite card?" Joey asked immediately, forgetting about his fries. "Mine is the Flaming Swordsman! Hehehehe...although it's not exactly the strongest..."

"Hmm..." She placed a finger to her head and began to think. "I'm not really sure if I really have a favorite card...I love all my cards..."

"Okay, then what's your deck?"

Tristan chuckled and turned to Yugi. "Looks like we're going to be here for a while..."

"Yeah...oh well...it's better than shopping with Tea..." Yugi then started to drink some of his soda. "We would all be bored to death if we were stuck with her..."

"Oh really?" an angry voice said from behind Yugi.

The three of them immediately turned pale, and slowly with regret they turned their heads to an angry girl who was carrying some shopping bags. It was Tea, she had just finished shopping and saw them eating here through the window. When she saw them eating with this girl she just had to go and ask them who she was. Then she just had to hear Yugi say that about her.

"Next time, I'm not going to invite you to the mall with me!" she said angrily, she dropped the bags onto Tristan's lap, took a seat beside Yugi and began to eat their fries. "The nerve..." she mumbled, while munching on her fries.

"Um...this seems to be a bad time, I better go now..." she said and was about to stand up when Joey stopped her by putting his hands on her shoulders. "Huh?"

"Hey! Please don't go yet! Don't mind her...she will be just fine," he said with a big smile. "Hey Tea! This is Rose and she's a duelist!"

Looking up from the fries, she looked at Rose who was smiling at her. "Nice to meet you."

Turning to Joey, Tea asked, "So how did you two meet?"

"Well..."

After several minutes...

"You saved her from some thugs?"

"Stop this nonsense Joey!!" Tristan hit him on the head and said, "Joey bumped into her in a card shop"

"Oh...well that makes sense since I can never imagine Joey beating some thugs..." Tea said, finshing off her drink.

Rose giggled, "Well, that was fun..." She looked at the clock hanging on the wall opposite them. "Oops! I better get going..."

All four of them looked at her. "Huh! No, you can't go just yet!"

"I'm really sorry..." she said and stood up. "I need to look around first before Kira picks me up..." She then took put her cellphone to check for any messages.

"Come on...why don't we all go around together?" suggested Tea. "How about it you guys?"

While they were planning, Rose was just reading a message from Kuro. It said that she had to come home as soon as possible, it's about their father. Closing her cellphone which happens to be a flip phone, she then comes up with an idea. Then she opened her bag and began to rummage through it.

"Rose? Would you like to go with us for a while?"

Finding the four envelopes she needed, the invitations, she handed them to her new friends and said, "I really have to go now, but here you go." She gave all of them a sweet smile and turned to leave. "Don't be late!" And she was off before they got to say anything else.

"Huh? What was that all about?" Joey wondered. "Anyway, too bad she had to leave...now let's see what's inside..."

All of them opened their envelopes and took out the card that was inside of them. It was an invitation, to her birthday party.

Putting back the card inside, Tea looked at them, "Well guys, looks like we need to look a for a birthday present!"