Satoshi lightens up

"Mind explaining why you're dragging me to the arcade?!" griped Satoshi.

"You'll see…" was all they would say. (Joey, Yugi, Tristan and Daisuke were literally dragging him to the arcade.)

"We're here!" said Yugi happily.

The arcade was eerily void of any customers. Satoshi was becoming more and more suspicious of their intentions by the minute.

They made Satoshi sit down at an addicting puzzle game. Satoshi tried to leave several times; only to be stopped by Joey and Daisuke.

"Satoshi, either you start playing or…" started Joey.

"Or what?!" growled Satoshi angrily.

"Or I bring your other half out to play…" said Daisuke evilly.

"You wouldn't dare…!"

"Try me."

Satoshi sighed in defeat and started playing. Yugi and Daisuke couldn't tell whether or not Satoshi was loosening up, and it was even less apparent when Satoshi got the highest score in the history of the game! He even beat Kaiba's high score, which was near 2,345,000,000! The screen came up with the usual four initials and on a whim, Satoshi entered the name Krad.

"Alright, I played the stupid game. Can I go now?!"

"Who said you were done? There's all sorts of games in here."

Satoshi sat down at what looked like a fighting game. Daisuke, Yugi and Joey all took up spots nearby and made it into a kind of 'Battle Royal' of sorts. Satoshi and Daisuke both kicked Yugi and Joey's asses with ease.

"NO FAIR! How did you guys manage to beat me?! I play this game every night before bed!" whined Joey.

"We're hackers, what did you expect?!" snorted Satoshi. Daisuke snickered as Joey's mouth dropped.

"WHY I OUTTA!" said Joey as he attempted to put Daisuke in a headlock. Daisuke jumped out of the way with ease, and Joey fell face down on the floor. Satoshi held back a smirk, which Daisuke noticed. His plan was working, Satoshi was finally starting to loosen up around the edges!

The rest of the day went on like this until it became apparent that Satoshi was actually enjoying himself for once! Finally, it was time for dinner. Satoshi and Daisuke started to head towards their apartment when Seto Kaiba and Mokuba drove up.

"Need a lift?" joked Mokuba.
"I was beginning to wonder when you'd show up!" whispered Daisuke.

"Give me a break! So, how did it go?"

"Satoshi beat your high score on Tetris."

"Yeah right. No one could possibly…"

"His score was 5,000,000,000. Look it up online and see for yourself! It should say Krad next to the score."

Seto's mouth dropped when he heard this. No one had ever defeated his high score!

"So, why were you two around here anyway?" asked Satoshi.

"Daisuke told me how you'd never played a normal game before and managed to convince me to help you loosen up a little," said Kaiba.

"Daisuke, just out of curiosity… Exactly how many people did you tell about my lack of gaming experience?!"

"Just Kaiba as well as Yugi and his friends."

"You better NOT be holding back, or so help me…!"

"Eep!" said Daisuke.

Satoshi and Daisuke spent the night at the Kaiba brother's manor. They had a lot of fun playing the board games that Mokuba and Seto had. Mostly, it was Satoshi and Seto who won those. Satoshi went to sleep, happier than he'd ever been in a long time.

Daisuke and Seto stayed up playing Duel Monsters. Daisuke won once or twice, so Seto decided to give him some good cards for his deck.

"Hey, do you think you could teach Satoshi how to play?" asked Daisuke.

"Sure. But why do you ask?" said Seto.

"Satoshi was a little…surprised at the fact that the whole game of Duel Monsters was played with what he called 'pictures on thin strips of cardboard.'"

"Well, from a non-gamer's point of view, that's all it is."

"Still…"

"I'll talk to him in the morning. Night, Daisuke!" said Seto as he went to bed.