Last time:
''No, she didn't defeat the guy who invented chess.'' Seto said with a roll of his eyes. ''She defeated the creator of Duel Monsters, Maximilian Pegasus.''
Duke glared at the CEO. ''No way! You can lie about her being your friend all you want, but there is no way Pegasus was defeated!''
''Listen here, you little punk, Seto growled, ''I will personally kil-''
''KAIBA-BOY!'' The doors of the gaming room burst open and everyone turned to see a man in a red suit entering with Akiko hurrying after him with a hesitant look on her face. ''Surprise!''
Yuna chuckled as everyone stared at the flamboyant silver-haired CEO. ''Lupus in fabula.''
And now:
Seto tensed up at the ridiculous nickname only one person dared to call him during a business meeting as well as in everyday life. Pegasus swept across the room faster than anyone would have expected and without really looking took his long time partner. Duke gapped at his idols familiarity with the younger CEO and Mokuba and Noah snickered by the disgusted look on their brother's face. It's not that Seto hated Pegasus ... He just didn't like the man's over affectionate behavior that happened more than not. Especially during business matters.
''Pegasus!'' The brunet growled out in warning, but was ignored as said reprimanded man just kept babbling about how long it has been and how everyone else in the business world was boring in comparison to his friend, ''Kaiba-boy'', and things like that. It's not like they weren't familiar enough with each other to be friends, they were a bit more so since Pegasus knew of Yuna, and that disturbed the young businessman more than the familiarity itself. If Pegasus ever decides to turn against him, Yuna could be in a lot of trouble.
''I am sorry, Seto-sama, but he wouldn't listen. As soon as he heard where you were, he just walked off on his own.'' Akiko said as she bowed in apology.
Seto waved her off with, ''It's fine,'' before once again trying to get Pegasus to let go. He couldn't believe he was going to take the easy way out, but he had to. They had witnesses, damn it! ''Hey, Pegasus. You remember my friend Yami, right?''
Yuna froze.
Pegasus looked at Seto like he had grown a second head as he finally released him temporarily. Pegasus couldn't help it. Seto was just far too cute for his age. ''It's a bit hard to forget her, Kaiba-boy. You should know that by now.'' It surprised the silver-haired CEO that Kaiba hadn't snapped at him like he usually does, but he figued this strange question was somehow related to the other's relaxed manor.
''Well,'' Seto moved aside and left Yuna in open view of the red-clad businessman. ''She came back. Say 'Hi', Yuna.''
Pegasus stared at the now scowling girl as she sent a pointed look at her childhood friend before she greeted him. Resembling one of his toons, Pegasus jumped the second he saw Yuna and wrapped her into a bone crushing hug as he started babbling about missing her and demands that she plays against him again.
"Um, we'll see about that. I guess it's good to see you?"
"Oh,it's most wonderful to meet up with you again! Kaiba-boy must have been lonely without you here, every day all day long. I know that I missed you, so he must have been suffering without you!" The man cheerily continued a conversation all by himself and Yuna quickly drew closer to Seto. An idea hit her and she drew everyone's (except Pegasis', since he was still occupied with his monologue) attention.
"How about a game of hide and seek in the mansion. The winner gets one request." This is going to be so amusing and fun that Yuna couldn't wait!
''Any request?'' Kisara questioned, already knowing what she wanted.
''Other than someone's death, yes.''
''Okay, but how's this going to go?'' Mokuba asked.
''Since you and Noah know this house best, you two will look for us. We'll be in pairs.''
''Dibs on Yuna!'' Joey yelled,but shut up when Seto glared at him. ''Or, maybe not.''
''Oooh! I would love to play with you kids!'' Pegasus gushed and Duke instantly said he wanted to be on his team.
Mai took Tea's arm and stated that girls should stick together. Bakura and Malik instantly formed a team and Ryou went over to Yugi. Joey and Tristan were a team and poor Marik was stuck with Kisara. Seto hugged his childhood friend close to himself.
''Every room except our bedrooms and my study are allowed. The kitchen, however, is a battlefield at this time of the day so you are risking your life if you go in there.'' Seto said as Mokuba and Noah complained about having to be it. ''Now, you two start counting.''
''Fine!'' Both pouted and Seto smirked. As they started counting, Yuna started dragging him to the lowed floor, where the two quickly and quietly sneaked into the mansion's own indoor pool. Quickly shedding their clothes and dressing in the always present swim-wear, Seto and Yuna jumped into the pool after putting their things in the waterproof bags they had stacked there years ago. Diving deep into the pool, Seto and Yuna swam to a particular went on the left wall of the pool and Seto opened it with a code only he and Yuna knew. Swimming through the went, the two quickly exited in a different pool in a different room. Smirking to each other, they took off their backpacks and started messing around in the pool.
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Meanwhile, Mokuba and Noah were walking through the giant mansion as they searched for their brother and friends. They were sure that they knew the mansion better than anyone, having spent hours chasing each other down these very halls for years, but after Yuna appeared, it always seemed like she knew the place better than them, despite the obvious changes made over time.
''So, where should we look?'' Mokuba almost jumped when Noah spoke. He had been far too lost in thought to be of any help in finding their friends.
''Well, I thing that Joey or Tristan will be in the kitchens, stuffing their faces, but I don't know for the rest of them.''
''Maybe someone will be in the other game room?'' Mokuba said under his breath, obviously just thinking out loud.
Just then, they heard the kitchen staff yelling their heads off at someone and the two younger masters of the house ran into said room.'When they got there, they almost weren't surprised to find the head cook yelling at Joey and Tristan, whose moths and arms were full of food.
''I will not let Seto-sama and Yuna-sama, as well as Mokuba-bochama and Noah-bochama, go hungry because of you two eating every bit of food in my kitchens!'' Screeched Andrew and the two young men flinched. ''Now get out before I run you through with my favorite knife!'' Noah and Mokuba barely got out of the way as Joey and Tristan ran for their lives. Literally.
A few moments later, Andrew walked out of the kitchens, very pissed off. He was grumbling, but he stopped when he saw his two young masters. He nodded at them as he greeted them and Mokuba was surprised to see that Andrew really held his favorite knife in hand. Seeing the terrified look on the raven-haired boy's face, Andrew looked ashamed and put it aside.
''Sorry you had to see that, lads.'' He said as he rubbed his face. ''I have not yet adjusted to having Yuna-sama back when Pegasus-san is irritating Seto-sama and there always being the chance that The B-... uh, Witch would come at any given time.'' The boys snorted at his barely concealed insult to Kisara and Andrew turned red. He was usually the one that reprimanded the others about these things, but now he had done so himself.
Knowing this, the boys laughed behind raised hands before scurrying away as Andrew grumbled a bit more about insolent black-holed stomaches of Joey and Tristan. They then followed Joe and Tristan's path and soon found them behind a big plant, informing them that they were out. Pouting, the two best friends sulked back to the gaming room and waited for about 10 minutes until Tea turned up.
''Where did they find you?'' Tristan asked, seeing that the brunette was wet from head to toe. She just grumbled something about clumsy maids and hysterical butlers that had Hobson scowling and Akiko giggling nervously. Mai came behind here a few minutes later, wrapped in a towel since her clothes were as soaked as Tea's, but were a lot more see-through. She was laghing openy at Tea's wixed expression, having had fun even thought the game was over for them.
''So, you guys doing well?'' The curv blond asked with a wink at the two kids.
Mokuba shrugged, not wanting to point out that it had been far too easy to find them. ''It's going well, I guess. I guess we have a bit of an advantage, what with you gus mostly sticking to the rooms you already know.''
''I thing our biggest problem will be Nii-sama and Yuna.'' Noah commented and his brother nodded along. ''I know Seto-nii knows this place well enough o his own, but Yuna seems to know it just as well.''
''You're not really buying this whole 'best friend since dippers' thing, are you? I mean, it's litteraly impossible for someone to remember anything before the age of four-five years of age.'' Mai said, appearentl also one of the others who didn't believe their brother.
''Than how could he fabricate such a lie?'' Mokuba challenged.
''Youre brother is a multimillionare. He can bribe anyone he wants to sa anything he wants them to say.'' Tea said, shuddering a bit in her wet clothes. ''It wouldn't be hard for him to creat such a story, what with the types of wirtual reality games he makes, and the documents and the house... Anything, really. And to get an aspiring actor with great talent to act out this so called friend of his an-''
''He couldn't, and never would even tr to, get our aunt to help him with anything!'' Mokuba finally yelled out, so angry with them that he didn't even bother to lower his voice. In a matter of seconds, many of the maids and other servants, including Roland, Fugata, Akiko, Hobson and Andrwe. ''She would never have helped us even if we asked, or payed, for it! She only wanted Seto for his brain and hated me! Her kids bullied me and fought Seto all the time! She took everything from us! Everthing!'' He was close to tears now and the staff was getting alarmed. ''And Seto hated her! He never wanted to see her again! He would have been happiest if she was rotting inhell as we speak!''
Joey and Tristan were backing up while Mai looked as if she was thinking about something. Half the staff looked like it wanted the Earth to swallow them, for they feared Seto-sama's wrath. Noah didn't seem to be wanting to stop hiss brother. He knew that the two never talked about their past and he thought that this was a good oportunity to let at least one of them went it out of thier systems.
''And you weren't there! There was no way that the hatered in my aunt's eyes as she looked upon una could have been an act! I won't accept it that Seto would be thought of as a lier as he had never lied in his life!''
''The kid's got a point, you know.'' Joey cut in. ''That crazy lady hated Yuna with a passion, and her sons didn't like her all that much either.'' Tea looked at the bond, in complete shock that he would support Kaiba, even if just this little.