Yeah, I'm updating again. Yes, I know that the last chapter had a lot a mistakes and sorry about that. This is the last chapter of this story. Starts crying Yeah but I got some good news. I will be writing two stories after this. One will be called 'Adjusting Period' and it will be about Cori getting used to the Kaiba life. The second is unnamed at the moment but it will be in the GX era so keep a watch out for them. TIME FOR REVIEWS!

shay072002: yeah, it was really sad wasn't it?

Bluesilver-soul: Yeah he is supposed too. And right, I don't see anyone else's name on the author spot, do you?

ON WITH THE LAST CHAPTER BEFORE THE SEQUAL! Oh, yeah, does anyone know how to get the solid lines that go at chapter breaks? I can't figure it out.

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(Two weeks after Cori left)

Seto and Mokuba had been acting different ever since Cori had left with the trickster. Mokuba had gotten quiet and Seto was mad at the world again. Seto was sitting in his home office, trying to work. Mokuba was sulking.

"No! If you do not agree with the contract then you can just go to another company. We gave a generous offer and you're an idiot if you won't take it. Good day." he said as he slammed the phone down.
He sighed and reached for the Advil.

"Seto?" Mokuba quietly said. He was poking his head around the door.

"Yes Mokuba?" he quietly said. Mokuba came in and went over to Seto.

"Are you alright?" he asked. Seto sighed and laid his head on the desk.

"No, I'm not. I just can't get that night out of my mind." Seto admitted. Mokuba smiled and touched his arm.

"I can't forget it either." Mokuba told him. Seto smiled, knowing that Mokuba was there for him as he was for Mokuba.

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Seto carefully used his crutches to get to his bed. He laid down but didn't go to sleep. He turned his head and stared out the window. He could see the spot that they had been standing in and the spot where Cori had disappeared.

"Seto?" a quiet voice said from the door. Seto turned and saw Mokuba standing at the door, tears coming down his face. Seto sat up.

"Mokuba, what's wrong?" Seto concernedly asked. Mokuba ran over and laid down next to Seto. "Another dream?" he asked and Mokuba nodded. Seto sighed. Both of them had been having dreams about Cori since they found out and since she left with….that monster.

"I miss her." Mokuba sobbed. Seto sighed and put his arm around Mokuba. He closed his eyes and let the tears that he had been holding in fall.

"Me too, Mokie. Me too."

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Cori took a shaky breath and let the image fade. She was in the tricksters home, watching her brothers with a mirror that he had given her. Even though his house was beautiful it would never be home to her. All of the people that lived there hated it. He had enslaved them all and the only way out was to win in a duel against him. He had said that if one person could beat him, he would let everyone go. No one had ever won and they weren't seen again.

"Having fun my dear?" the trickster said as he came into her room. She had been given her own room. She just kept her mouth shut. She hadn't talked or eaten for three days. "Are you ever going to actually talk to me, my dear?"

"Your not going to get your way." a voice said from the other side of the room. Cori's friend, Kalina, was in there with him. "She's not going to talk to you."

"Well maybe with a little persuasion……" he said. He walked over to Kalina and wrapped his arms around her. She gasped. Cori stood and glared at him.

"STAY AWAY FROM HER!!!" Cori screamed at him. By now, others were looking in.

"Oh, so you can talk." he said but he didn't let go.

"I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!" she screamed. Everyone gasped. Trickster glared at her.

"What did you say?" he asked in a low voice. He came towards Cori but she didn't back down.

"You heard me." she said.

"Very well. Lets duel." he said.

(Insert most of the duel here. I'm terrible at duel scenes.)

"GO MY RED EYES DARKNESS DRAGON! DESTROY HIS ELEMENT DRAGON AND END THE DUEL!" Cori screamed. Her dragon went forward and destroyed his dragon, making his life points drop to zero. Trickster gasped and fell forward on his knees.

"Fine. You win. Just get out of my sight. All of you!" he said. A cheer went up. Everyone ran for the front door and ran outside, some of them being outside for the first time in years.

"CORI! YOU WON!" Kalina yelled as she hugged her. "I can see my family again. Thank you." she said.

"Your welcome." Cori said back. Everyone crowded around her, congratulating her. She smiled and said thanks to the whole crowd. They all waved and left in there separate ways to go home.

"I'm going home." Cori said before going on her way.

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Trickster sighed as he watched Cori leave. He smiled. He knew that she would beat him in the end. When he had first met her, even then he had known that this would happen. He wouldn't have been able to even control her, let alone keep her in one place. She is a free spirit, always wanting to be free.

"Cori, I always knew you could beat me." he said as she walked out of sight. Trickster sighed.

"You passed the test, Cori. Never become what people want you to become. Be yourself." he said. He turned away from the window and closed each of the doors in the building. He concentrated and let the fire near his home loose. It fell and consumed his home. But he just stood there, letting the fire grow.

"I made a deal too, my dear. The deal was that if one person beats me I'm dead to the world. Not aloud to go out anymore. If I'm dead to the world, why not make it true." he said before his castle collapsed on him.

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Cori gasped as the castle came down. She had heard every word that he had spoken.

"Thank you trickster." she said before continuing on her way.

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Seto gasped as he sat up from his dream. It had been about Cori again. But this one had been different. In all of the other dreams, she had never gotten free. But in this one, the trickster let her go and told her that it was all a test.

"It was so real." he said as he laid back down. "Maybe it's a good sign….." he muttered as he fell fast asleep, having a good dream for once.

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Mokuba had also had the same dream. He had been awake when Seto sat up.

"It's a good sign. Maybe she'll come back….." he said before falling asleep after his brother.

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(the next night)

Cori groaned as she dropped to the ground. She had been walking for a day. She was right outside of Domino now.

"Just a little further. Just a little further." she repeated her mantra in her head. Cars were flying by but they took no notice of a bare foot girl in torn clothes walking by the side of the road.

'Beep, beep.' one of the cars beeped and pulled off the road near her. She stopped walking and turned around. A man got out and walked towards her.

"Need a ride?" he asked. Cori got a good look at him. He was wearing red and black clothes and his black hair was partially dyed red at the tips. He had a dice earring in one of his ears. "I'm Duke, by the way." he held his hand out. Cori reached over and shook it.

"Names Cori and yes, I'd love a ride." she gratefully accepted. "Walking with no shoes on was starting to hurt." she said as she climbed into the passenger seat of Duke's car.

"Yeah, where are your shoes?" he asked. Cori shrugged and drove off. "Where you headed, anyway?" he asked.

"Domino." she answered before turning to stare out the window.

"Great. That's where I'm headed too." Duke said and Cori smiled.

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(earlier that day)

Mokuba sighed for the millionth time. Seto glanced up from his work and sadly looked at his brother. Roland walked into the room with the brothers.

"Sir?" he asked. Mokuba looked over at him.

"Yeah, Roland?" he quietly said.

"Your school called. They said that they missed you while you were gone and that they were sending your missed work over." he told Mokuba the message from the teacher.

"Thanks Roland." Mokuba said.

"If you don't mind me saying sir," he paused to make sure he wouldn't get in trouble. "You have been very sad since the cat….died." Roland said. Mokuba sighed. If only he knew the real story.

"Mokuba." Seto quietly said. Mokuba and Roland looked over at Seto. "You can tell him." he said. Mokuba smiled.

"Tell me what?" Roland asked. Mokuba smiled and out came the whole story about that night and Cori. In the end, Roland was smiling. "I knew that something was special about that cat." he admitted.

"So you believe me?" Mokuba said. Roland nodded. Unknown to Mokuba and Roland, Seto also smiled.

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"Thanks Duke!" Cori cried as she got out of his car. It was about five a.m. "I don't know what I would have done without you! Heck, I'd probably still be walking!" Duke smiled at her.

"No problem. See ya!" he said while driving away.

"BYE!" she called after him. She sighed and started to walk towards The Kaiba home. She soon got there. She quietly slipped around back and went in the way that her and trickster had gotten out. She sighed. She had no clue what she was going to do when she got there.

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Seto sighed. He couldn't sleep again so he was laying on his bed and staring out his window. It was about five am and he slept a wink. He carefully stood and grabbed his crutches. He quietly made his way downstairs and out side to where Cori had disappeared. There was an old balcony out there and he went and sat on it. He stared out at the woods. He slowly felt his eyes drooped and he started to blink to keep himself awake. He dozed of for a minute before opening his eyes again. He saw a shadowy shape coming through the woods. He blinked. He looked again. He saw Cori running towards him.

I have to be dreaming. he thought.

"Seto! Your not dreaming!" she called when she got closer. It was then that he realized that he was wide awake.

"Cori? Cori!" he called. He hurried as quickly as he could on crutches to her. He grabbed her and hugged her. Cori hugged him back. "You came back. He let you go." Seto said.

"Yeah. How could I ever leave you guys?" she said, tears streaming down her face once again. Seto smiled and felt his own tears.

"CORI!" Mokuba cried as he ran down into the yard. Cori let go of Seto and grabbed Mokuba in her arms. "You came back! I knew you would!" he happily said.

"What are you doing up this early, Mokuba?" Seto asked. Mokuba smiled.

"I couldn't sleep. I just knew that something was going to happen. Something really good!" he said as he hugged Cori again. "I'm glad that your back, sis."

"Glad to be back, kiddo." Cori said into his hair. Seto came over and Cori stood, letting him join in their hug.

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Roland smiled as he watched the exchange that was happening below. He had seen Kaiba go outside and he had seen Cori start to walk forward. He smiled as the siblings were reunited again.

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(One month later)

Cori sighed as she sat curled up on a couch in the large Kaiba mansion living room.

"I can't believe all that's happened to me…." she said. She reached over and grabbed a sketch pad that she had been drawing in.

There were many drawings in it but three of them would really catch your eye. One was of a girl surrounded by fire, being oppressed by an evil man. The nest one was of the same girl in a fighting stance, fighting against her oppressor. The last, and unfinished one, was of three people. You couldn't clearly see their faces but you could tell that one of them was the girl. They were standing in a circle, holding each others in their arms.

"Cori! Where are you?" Mokuba called.

"In the living room!" she called back. Mokuba ran in followed by Seto.

"Whatcha doing?" Mokuba asked. Cori realized that he was pointing at her sketch book.

"Just drawing." she said. Seto reached over her shoulder and grabbed the book. "Hey!" she protested. He just looked at the drawings.

"These are….good." he said. Cori looked at him like his was crazy.

"Let me see." Mokuba said. "Hey these ARE good." he said too.

"You really like them? They were just doodles." Cori told them. Seto came and carefully sat down, placing the crutches to one side. Mokuba sat on the other side.

"Cori, these could be duel monsters cards." Mokuba said. That gave Seto an idea.

"I'll be right back." he said. He hurriedly up the stairs as fast as a person on crutches could. Once in his office he dialed a number that he thought he never would.

"Hello, you have reached Mr. Pegasus's office. How may I help you?" the voice of a receptionist came over the line.

"I would like to speak with him." Seto said.

"I'll ask him if he'll talk Mr.……what's your name?" the receptionist asked.

"Seto Kaiba." he said. He heard the maid gasp and drop the phone. He heard some voice and a big laugh.

"Kaiba! I didn't think that you would ever call me!" Pegasus said. "So, what's the honor of this call?"

"You are still making cards, right?" Seto asked.

"Yes, of course! But we are running out of designs. Why do you ask?"

"Because I have something that you may be interested in." Seto told him briefly about the drawings. Pegasus was delighted.

"Fax them over and I will look at them." Seto had already gotten up and sent the pictures. "Oh my, oh my!" he heard Pegasus say. "These are wonderful! How about we make a deal?" Seto already had some ideas and they set to work. He never noticed Mokuba and Cori standing by the door.

"Cori! Did you hear that? He wants to make them cards!" Mokuba excitedly said.

"Yeah. This is wonderful." she said in amazement.

"You took the words right out of my mouth, sis. Come on!" Mokuba said as he ran into Seto's office. Cori smiled and followed after him, knowing that this is where she belonged.

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It's the end! I finally finished this story! Here's a preview for 'Adjusting Period'. Enjoy and keep on the look out for it!

Preview…….

Cori sighed as she typed on her laptop. She was sitting in downtown Domino, at a coffee shop to be more precise. She was working on her card designs. Seto had gotten her a great designing program and a laptop that would make it most effective. She was still getting used to the fact that since she was now a Kaiba, that she was rich.

"Here's your coffee, ma'am." a waitress said. Cori smiled at her.

"Thank-you." she said. The waitress nodded and walked off. Cori sighed again. So far, only her brothers, Roland, and Pegasus even knew that she was a Kaiba. But in a few days, the whole city would know. She was presenting her cards designs and Seto was presenting her as his sister.

"Watch out, Joey!" a girl cried from the other side of the store. Cori looked up from her work and saw that a blond boy had almost spilled his coffee all over another black haired boy who looked oddly familiar. Cori just shook her head and stood. Her legs were starting to get cramped. She walked over to the counter to look at the sweets that they had. She was looking for chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. It was her favorite. She leaned down to read the little cards when something hot was splashed on her. She gasped at stood up straight.

"JOEY! Now look what you did. Sorry about that." the girl said. She wiped some of the coffee off. "Hmm. You can't go out with a stain like that on your back. HEY MAI! DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA SHIRT WITH YOU?" she called. Another girl walked over.

"Yes and don't yell. Hey. I'm Mai and this loud mouth is Tea." Mai told her.

"Nice to meetcha. I'm Cori." Cori said. Mai turned towards the guys.

"Hey guys! Come meet Cori!" a whole group of guys stood and walked over. "The short one is Yugi, the blond that spilled the coffee is Joey, the brown hair guy that is wrestling Joey is Tristan, and the guy with the dice is Duke. Guys, this is Cori." they all nodded. Duke walked over to her.

"Hey, I think that I met you before." he said. The others looked at him. "Oh, yeah! You were the girl that was walking barefoot by the side of the road." he said.

"You met her?" Joey asked. Duke nodded.

"Yeah, I was coming in for a meeting and she was walking down the road with no shoes and torn up clothes. I guess you found who you were looking for, right?" he asked.

"Yeah." Cori said. "Sorry but I have somewhere where I have to be. Bye." she said. She grabbed her laptop and walked outside.

"HEY! WAIT!" Tea called. Cori stopped. "Here's the shirt." she said. Cori took it and nodded. She went back inside to change and then left to go to a meeting with Pegasus.