Yugi woke up abruptly when Alisia started jumping up and down right beside him. "Big bwother! Wake up! I wanna pway!" She had a slight pout on her face.
"Okay, okay!" Yugi had a big smile as he got out of bed. After he had gotten himself and Alisia ready for the day they both went downstairs, Alisia clinging to Yugi's hand. "What do you want for breakfast?" Yugi asked with a warm smile.
"Pancakes!" Alisia said excitedly. Yugi smiled and sat her down at the table while he made pancakes. She was bouncing in her chair. Yugi laid a plate of pancakes down in front of her along with a glass of milk.
"Yay! Yummy!" Alisia squealed as she ate her food. Yugi smiled as he ate his own breakfast. After they had finished and Yugi had cleaned up there came a knock at the door. Yugi went to open the door with Alisia trailing shyly behind him. When the door opened it revealed Joey, Tristan, and Tea. Tea smiled and bent down when she saw Alisia.
"Hey, sweetheart!" She said in a sweet voice. Alisia's face brightened instantly and she ran to hug Tea. It was obvious that Alisia liked her a lot. Tea laughed and hugged her back.
"Hey guys!" Yugi greeted them.
"Hey, Yug! We just couldn' resist comin' ta see your li'l sis again!" Joey smiled and waved down at Alisia who smiled up at him from within Tea's embrace.
"No problem. I figured you guys would come by!" Tea let Alisia go who ran back to Yugi.
"Bwother? Can we go to the park?" Alisia asked with big, innocent eyes. Of course Yugi couldn't resist.
"Sure, Lis. There's a park just a few blocks from here."
"Cool! We're goin' to the park!" Tristan remarked as he pumped his fist in the air.
"Is it just me, or is Tristan just a little too excited about this…?" Tea whispered to Joey who chuckled slightly.
"Yay!" Alisia squealed as she clung to Yugi's hand. They all started walking to the park, Alisia skipping alongside Yugi. Alisia's eyes grew wide as she saw the park. It was big and pretty modern so it had a lot of things to play on. She immediately ran to the big slide.
"Wow. The park is pretty busy today." Tea commented, looking around.
"Yeah. It is a nice day, after all." Yugi said with a smile.
"Aren't you dorks a little too old to be playing at the park?" Kaiba's sarcastic voice came from behind them. They turned to see Kaiba walking down the street, Mokuba following behind him carrying Kaiba's large metal suitcase.
"Kaiba?!" Joey yelled, holding his fist in front of him.
"What are you doing here?" Yugi asked, surprised to see him in a place so… normal.
"Can't a person walk down the street?" Kaiba had his famous smirk on his face. "Besides, I could ask you the same thing." Just then, Alisia noticed her brother talking to someone. She wandered over to him curiously.
"Huh? We were just taking my sister to the park." Yugi said innocently.
"What? Sister?" Kaiba looked shocked but quickly got back his composure. Alisia came up to Yugi and tugged on his sleeve.
"Bwother, I've seen tha' man before. He was on the t.v.." She said, looking up at the tall man.
Yugi smiled down at his sister. "This is Seto Kaiba, Lis." He explained.
Kaiba looked at the youngster and frowned. *Great. Another Mutou.* Kaiba thought. "I have more important things to do than stand around here talking to you dorks." Kaiba told them as he walked away.
"That guy really knows how ta make me mad…" Joey practically growled as they watched Kaiba walk down the street with Mokuba trotting to keep up.
"That man's scary…" Alisia said with wide eyes as she looked up into her brother's face.
"Don't worry, Lis. He acts all tough, but he really is a good guy." Yugi stepped in to defend Kaiba. He considered Kaiba a friend, even if Kaiba would never think of it that way. Alisia smiled and ran back to the playground.
"Come push me on the swing, big bwother!" She called back as she ran towards the swing. Alisia wasn't watching where she was going and ran into a big man with serious muscles walking across the playground to go across the street. He was so big and strong it was like running into a brick wall. Alisia bounced off him and fell down. She started crying immediately.
"Alisia!" Yugi yelled as he ran towards her. The man growled and looked at the crying little girl.
"Watch where you're goin', kid." The man growled at her.
"Hey! What do you think you're doin'?!" Tristan yelled at the man, obviously outraged, as he ran and got in front of the guy.
"Get out of my way, kid!" The only thing Tristan did was growl at him. "You're askin' for it." The man made a fist and thrust it toward Tristan. Tristan dodged and the man's own force caused him to fall on the ground. "You punk! You're gonna pay for that!" He got up off the ground and turned towards Tristan with anger flaring in his eyes.
Yugi was kneeling by his sister comforting her. *This is getting way out of hand!* Yugi thought desperately.
*Do not worry, Yugi. I will take care of this.* Yami replied.
Yami appeared and stood to face the man. "Enough!" He yelled in his commanding, deep voice. The threat turned to face the great Pharaoh.