Once Upon A Hack

Chapter 5

By Castianna

The next day the girls went to the mall. Soon they bumped into Yugi and the gang. Rachel and Yugi started going over duel monster strategies and Ashley and Mai talked about the pros and cons of a Harpie Strong deck. The all went to the food court to grab some lunch. Grabbing two tables close to each other they moved them together.

After a while they moved off towards the Arcade. "Oh the new DDR game is out!" Ashley said. She tuned to the group, "Who wants to try it out with me?"

"I guess I could.." Tea said.

The group went into the arcade and exchanged some money for tokens. Soon they were crowded around the new DDR game watching Ashley and Tea face off.

A few hours and several arcade games later the group left the mall and headed for the bus stop. "Well, we leave for domino tomarrow. Its been good hanging out with you guys...You should come visit sometime." Yugi said.

"We'd love to... Maybe we should come out for the next tournament." Ashley said.

"That would be great, From what I have seen of your two decks, you would both make strong competitors." Yugi said sincerly.

Rae blushed and Ashley laughed. "I dont think I could hold my own against you Yugi, After all you beat Seto... I mean Kaiba and well... everything I know about the game I learned from him." Ashley looked sad at that for a moment then the sadness cleared from her face and she was smileing again.

They all said their goodbyes, The gang headed back to the hotel they were staying at and the girls went the opposite way to wait for their bus. They were half way across the parking lot when they ran into Seto and Mokuba. Ashley was going to try and avoid them but Mokie saw her and rushed her.

"Ashley, Its been so long!" He said as he grabbed her around the waist and hugged her.

"Hi Mokie, How have you been?" She asked.

"Just great!" He smiled, "Who's your friend?"

"This is Rae. She is that friend I told you about, My partner in crime." Ashley laughed. "In fact you and her would get along famously."

"Mokie lets go...We need to hurry." Seto said, barely spareing a glance at Ashley.

"But big brother, I want to visit with Ashley."

"We dont have the time, We must conclude our visit here then head to the hotel to prepare to leave tomarrow."

"Thats convienient Kaiba." Ashley said. "Headed back to Domino the same day as Yugi. Im begining to think that you followed him here... Your not over that little obsession after all."

"That is none of your business. I told you why I was here, If you chose not to believe that is your choice. But for now I dont have time to waste talking to the likes of you." He went to walk off but Rae stopped him.

"Now see here Kaiba. That was rude and uncalled for. You owe us an appology." She said.

"I dont owe you anything, least of all her." He said and walked off.

"He's right Rae. He doesnt owe me anything... after what happened last night." Ashley whispered and turned away.

Mokie looked back and waved to Ashley then followed his brother into he mall. Rachel looked confused but followed Ashley to the bus stop.

"Whats up?" Rae asked when they reached the bus stop.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, Obviously you still feel for Mr Icecube, otherwise you wouldnt be so upset."

"Lets not talk about it...Im going to give Malik a chance...Im through with Kaiba. The only reason he came to Calgary was to follow Yugi here... Mai told me how they ran into kaiba and he demanded a rematch. He thought he could fool me into thinking he came for me... but im smarter than that. Also... That system he launched... Thats in Domino... so he actually had no business here... Now, from this moment forward we are not discussing Mr kaiba. Deal?"

"Yup. I didnt like him anyways." Rae said.

"Ok, now lets go rent a movie and get our minds off everything." Ashley said.

"Ok. Sounds good. How bout we skip renting a video and watch your starwars saga instead." Rae suggested.

"Hmmm that idea has merit... Agreed." The laughed as the bus pulled up and the got on.