Chapter Two: The Girl She Became and the Guy who Forgot

The alarm clock rung at 7:00am that morning. Lily rolled back over to shut it off and laid flat on her bed. She kept having dreams of being in the orphanage and looking in the bright, blue eyes of Seto Kaiba. She sighed and rolled back to face her clock. She looked at the date and thought it was wrong.

No she thought. It hasn't been 10 years since that day has it?

She recalled back and thought about the day. It was the day when she first met Seto Kaiba and his brother Mokuba. She grabbed her locket to look at the boy who was her best friend. Was she thought.

She took a shower and put on blue jeans and a white tank and went to her kitchen in her apartment to watch the news. Sure enough, the news was about him.

"In other news, Kaiba Corp president Seto Kaiba announced his state of the art duel arena now opened in Kaiba Land. 'As you know, this duel arena is for those who have dreams of beating me. If you're so foolish enough to do so, come here to Kaiba Land at 4:00pm. I will personally duel you myself.' That was part of his conference today in front of Kaiba Land."

Lily lowered the TV and looked at her duel deck. Could she beat him? Will he know her? Can he find out that's the girl who was his best friend? She realized this is what she should do. She grabbed her deck, her purse (which she put in it a hat and sunglasses), and her denim jacket and went out into the city. She met one of best friends Tea Gardner.

"Hey Lily, ready for some shopping with the girls?"

"Sure." She said.

Her three best girl friends were Tea, Serenity Wheeler and Mai Valentine. They became best friends a year ago when the Battle City tournament ended. Tea became with Yugi and Mai became with Joey Wheeler. Serenity had Duke and Tristan still fighting for her but she was single. All three of them didn't know who Lily liked.

"So Lil…" Mai asked as they went into the mall. "What's in the locket?"

She pointed at the square silver locked Lily was wearing. "Oh um…it's just a picture of my parents. It's an old picture that's faded."

She couldn't say who was in the locket. She knew they didn't like who Kaiba is today. Lily knew the boy she met 10 years ago today was still inside the guy who he became now.

"Do you know what today is?"

"No" all three said.

"It was 10 years ago I was in the orphanage." She was lying. She went into the orphanage a few weeks before she met Kaiba.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Serenity said. "Would it be rude if I ask…?"

"They died from an illness. They knew it was contagious so they sent me to a relative to be there. A day after the double funeral and burial, I was sent to Silver Street. When I turned 13, they told me I was too old to be there so I found the apartment I live in now."

Serenity hugged her. "I'm sorry about your parents. I barely knew my father after they got the divorced."

Mai and Tea grabbed her shoulders. "Don't worry." Tea said. "You have your three best friends to look after you."

Lily nodded and went arm and arm with all of them as they went shopping. When 3:30pm came, she had to tell them she had to go to her job for the night shift. She told all of them she would call them later. They said bye to her and Lily went out of the mall and got the first bus to Kaiba Land. She skimmed her deck.

I can beat him. She thought. Yugi taught me about this game and to have faith in the heart of the cards and I will do it.

The bus stopped and she saw 20 guys waiting for Kaiba to come. Out of the crowd she saw Joey Wheeler. Thankfully he didn't see her so Lily put on glasses and a cap to cover her blue eyes and black hair.

"Fellow Duelists…" Kaiba's voice filled the room. Everyone turned and saw him coming down a platform. "And Joey Wheeler."

Joey made a disgusted face and Kaiba smirked. "Welcome to Kaiba Land. You will be the first 20 people to duel me. Please sign your name on this sheet. The first duel is in 5 minutes."

Lily signed her named last. She sat down on the bench and waited. Thankfully, Joey went first and he went out yelling how Kaiba is a dirty cheat. When he left, she took off her hat and her glasses. Mokuba came in and sat by her. She couldn't believe how he grown.

"You're a girl going to duel Seto?" The kid voice she remembered from 10 years ago was still with him.

She smiled. "Yes I am Moki…I mean Mokuba." She almost called him Mokie. She opened her locked and looked at the picture of Kaiba. Mokuba caught a glimpse of it.

"Was that my brother?"

"No." Lily went bright red. Mokuba got her locket off and opened it.

"That is my brother, when he was young. But how did you get this?"

"I was in the orphanage with you and Seto. Do you remember Seto saying about a girl who was his best friend?"

Mokuba thought about it. "Yes! I remember when Gorziboro adopted us I told the girl she was the older sister I never had. Seto started crying when we drove off but he couldn't let our "Step Father" see him."

Lily nodded. "You're her! You're Lily!"He said with a smile. She grinned and hugged him.

"Mokie I missed you."

"I missed you too." Mokie said. He handed back her locket to her and she put it back on.

"Do you know if he still has the picture I gave him?"

"He probably does but I don't know." Lily did a little frown. One of the guards came and told Mokuba to get the final contestant.

"That's me." Lily said.

"Good Luck Lily." Mokuba said as Lily was going up the platform.

"Thanks Mokie."

She walked through the door and saw him standing there. She recognized the blue eyes that were always in her dreams.

"Is this a joke?" Kaiba said. His voice was deeper. She realized he became a few inches taller than her. His brown hair was still the same. Neat but a little out of place and his bangs reached his eyes but they were shorter and more business-like.

"It's not a joke." She said as she held her locket to her chest.

She looked and saw the locket he wore when they met. They looked eye to eye when Seto shook his head, like he was forgetting a memory. Lily had sadness in her eyes and realized that he had forgotten her.

"I'm not dueling a girl." He said with the same serious tone he used when negotiating with Gorziboro

"Why because you afraid you will make me cry? Trust me. I've cried over other more important stuff" She pulled her hair back into a high pony tail and went to the red side of the duel arena.

"Well are you ready?" she asked as she got her deck out of her pocket

Kaiba had an evil smirk as he went to the blue side "Don't blame me if you cry." He said harshly.

A/N: So what do you think how this duel will end up? Will Kaiba win once more or will Lily have a victory? Will Kaiba ever remember his best friend?

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Oh and I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Just the character Lily since I made her up.