Duel Monsters and Hackers
The next day, Satoshi and Daisuke got ready for school, the former having about thirty minutes to even wake up enough to have a conversation. Daisuke got their bags, Satoshi packed up his laptop and they left for school together. Much to Satoshi's surprise, Kaiba met them at the gate.
"You look like you've seen a ghost or something…" Kaiba said, jokingly.
"In a manner of speaking, we have…" replied Satoshi.
They entered the classroom, still slightly groggy from sleep. Joey and his friend with the brown hair yawned. Yugi grinned as he snuck up behind them and said loudly, "Earth to Joey and Tristan! Can you hear me in there?"
"WAH!" said the two as they fell down from surprise. Daisuke laughed at the site, it reminded him a lot of the times that Takeshi had done the same thing to him!
"Morning, Daisuke, Satoshi!" said Yugi and Tea.
"Morning, Yugi!" said Daisuke. (He has a bad memory for the names of girls he just met!)
The teacher came in and they went through the morning ritual. This time, during lunch, Daisuke tried to find out more about his new friends.
"So, what's your family like Yugi?"
"My grandpa is great, and I don't see much of either of my parents."
"I live with my grandfather and my parents…" said Daisuke.
"Wish I could say the same…" said Joey.
"What do you mean, Joey?"
"I'm stuck with my dad. My mom and he divorced, and my little sister Serenity moved away with my mom…" said Joey sadly.
A boy with whitish hair approached the group. He looked at Daisuke and said, "Hey guys! Who's the new kid?"
"Hi Bakura! Where were you yesterday?" asked Tristan.
"I had a bit of a problem with my apartment and I had to wait for the repairman to come fix it."
"Yugi, who's this?" asked Daisuke.
"Oh, sorry Daisuke! This is our friend Bakura!" said Tea.
"Nice to meet you, Daisuke, was it?"
"Yup, my name's Daisuke Niwa! Pleasure to meet you, Bakura!"
The introductions over, the subject they started talking about turned to Duel Monsters. Daisuke quickly found out what the game was about, but he had NO clue as to how to play it!
"So, Satoshi, do you think Daisuke would be interested in showing me his hacking skills?" asked Kaiba.
"I'm sure that I can convince him…"
"When do you think you two could come over?" asked Seto.
"Come over where?" asked Satoshi with interest.
"What is Daisuke best at cracking?"
"Locks. Definitely locks."
"Well, let's see if he can crack the code to my private lab…" said Kaiba with a grin.
"I'm positive he'll take that challenge!" grinned Satoshi.
After school, Satoshi and Daisuke followed the directions to Seto's private lab. When they arrived, they were slightly cowed by the building itself.
"I'm surprised you found it without any problems."
"Well, when did you want Daisuke to pick the locks?"
"He can start anytime he feels like. I hope you don't mind if I time him…"
"Go for it. Not like I'm unused to it…" muttered Daisuke. He went up to the lock and said, "I'll start now, see you in around three minutes!"
"Mokuba will be waiting inside when you get through both doors," said Kaiba over the intercom.
It took Daisuke less than a minute to get through the first lock. The one at the front door took only 15 seconds. When they entered the building, a small black haired boy was sitting on the main desk with a bored look on his face.
"I take it that you're Mokuba?" said Satoshi.
"Wha…are you two the guys my big brother wanted me to wait for?" asked Mokuba.