"Hey Mokuba," She said smiling. "What brings you here?"
Mokuba looked up at Kaiba, "I dragged Seto out here so we come pick you up if you weren't doing anything."
Kyira nodded in understanding. "Oh, well that was nice of you. Though how did you know where I was?"
Mokuba grinned, "We stopped by Yu-gi's house and his grandpa told us we might find you here."
Kyira nodded and chucked a bit. "Even Yu-gi's grandpa knows Joey's predictable." She said to herself.
"What?" Mokuba asked.
"Huh? Oh, nothing. Well we were heading off to the arcade, but if you want to hang out I could go with you guys or you could join us."
Before Mokuba could respond, Kaiba interrupted. "As if Ishida, I would waste my time hanging out with Yu-gi and his friends."
Kyira rolled her eyes. Mokuba shrugged, "That's ok, we'll see you when you get home then." Nodding she waved bye as they drove off in Kaiba's limo.
Shaking her head, she walked back to the group grinning slightly. "That Kaiba, he'll never change." Looking up at the group's puzzled faces Kyira stopped. "What?" looking around confused she stared at them.
"What was that all about?" Joey asked suspiciously. "Is that freak stalking you or something?"
Kyira looked at him bewildered. "What! No!"
"Well then why was he here looking for you?"
"Mokuba just came to pick me up." All of them looked at her completely confused.
"Kyira, why would they need to pick you up?" Joey asked. "That makes no sense."
Kyira looked at him slightly confused. "Didn't I tell you?"
Joey's eyebrow rose. "Tell us what?" Tea asked.
Kyira slapped herself on the forehead. "Oh my gosh! I can't believe I didn't tell you, but then again it never came up. So I guess there's no reason for me to do so." Not even looking at the group anymore, she shook her head laughing slightly while still talking to herself.
"Hello, earth to Kyira." Joey said, waving to get her attention.
"Oh right, silly me. I'm staying at the Kaiba mansion." Joey's lip dropped, as well as everyone else's.
"What?! You mean you're living with that rich jerk!"
Kyira nodded, then realizing what he said gave him a look. "Joey, you can be so rude at times."
"How come you're staying with the Kaiba's?" Yu-gi asked as Tea hit Joey over the head before he started ranting again.
"That's where you're staying then." Tea said while Kyira nodded.
"Yeah, after I got kicked out, supposedly because of an infestation in my room," She rolled her eyes. "I met up with the Kaiba's and Mokuba proposed the idea and Kaiba agreed."
Joey got away from Tea and jumped up at Kyira. "How could you go there? Of all places!"
Tristan nodded "Yeah Kyira, I mean really this is Kaiba we're talking about."
Kyira looked at them not really paying them much mind. "So I suppose sleeping on the street would've been much better?"
"Yes!" They both said at the same time. Kyira rolled her eyes.
"Come on you guys," Yu-gi started to say but was interrupted by Tea.
"Oh stop it you two. I don't see you guys coming up with any other ideas or options. So get over it."
Kyira nodded and walked off with Tea, both instantly starting to chat and laugh. Yu-gi looked back at Joey and Tristan then shrugged. "They've got a point. It's not that bad." Turning he followed after the two girls. Grumbling Joey shook his head, while Tristan and he followed after them.
Kaiba looked out his office window. He felt restless for some odd reason. Something was bothering him, but what he wasn't sure. There was a knock on his door, followed by silence before it opened. Ignoring the visitor, Kaiba kept staring out the window. The visitor stood there in silence, shuffling slightly. "Mr. Kaiba…sir." Kaiba didn't respond. He was annoyed at the interruption. He wanted to be alone to think and here was this idiot pestering him. He paused in his thoughts, perhaps this interruption would be best to keep himself busy. "Mr. Kaiba?"
Turning he sat down, then looked up at the researcher. "What is it, Yoshioka?"
"The adjustments have been made."
"No errors this time I expect," Kaiba questioned. Yoshioka nodded. "We'll see." Nodding, Yoshioka bowed then walked out. Leaning back, Kaiba stared at his office. He still couldn't shake the feeling. Shaking his head, he looked out the window.
"See ya tomorrow then." Kyira said waving goodbye to the group. Joey only grumbled as Tea and Yu-gi waved back.
"Alright then." Yu-gi replied turning around and leaving.
"Oh well, back to the mansion." Kyira said quietly to herself. " Hope things go smoother today. She thought as she walked. Continuing forward, Kyira's thoughts dwelled on what had happened earlier, not noticing the sky slowly growing darker. Well that was definitely interesting. I figured Joey wouldn't have liked the situation, it involving Kaiba and all, but I didn't figure he'd freak out so much. Sighing she shook her head. "It's not like I like it that much either." She said aloud when she felt something wet land on her arm. Surprised at first, she made a face as it dawned on her. Slowly she looked up as a few more drops hit her. The sky was covered by giant rain clouds. Looking aggravated Kyira started to run as the rain began to fall harder. Pretty soon, she was soaking wet. Turning the corner, she soon saw the Kaiba Mansion. Picking up the pace as she heard thunder rumble, Kyira spotted a black car drive pass her and head into the mansion's drive way as she ran in. The car stopped and Kaiba got out, holding an umbrella. Not even bothering to look over at Kyira, he walked up the stairs and went inside. Kyira stopped in shock. "I should have known better." She grumbled to herself as the rain poured. Thunder boomed above her, causing her to jump, then continue running up the stairs and into the mansion.
"Kyira you're soaked." Kyira looked up only to see Mokuba's surprised face staring at her.
"I guess I took too long to get back." She joked as she took her shoes off. Glancing over she spotted the umbrella leaning up against the wall near the door.
"You're going to get sick if you don't dry off soon." Snapping out of her trance, she shook her head as she headed up the stairs. "I'll be fine, the rain doesn't bother me."
Mokuba followed her halfway up. "Well just in case, you hurry and change. I'll go make sure that the cook makes some soup, ok?"
Kyira smiled and nodded, "Alright then." With that, Mokuba ran back down the stairs towards the kitchen. Kyira hurried into her room, grabbed some clothes, and then quickly tiptoed to the bathroom. She was freezing and all she could think of was taking a warm bath.
Mokuba walked out of the kitchen, carrying a large tray and made his way over to the dining room. Kaiba closed his bedroom door, and saw Mokuba heading to the dining room. "Mokuba, what are you doing?"
Mokuba stopped and looked up at his older brother. "I'm taking the soup to the dining room."
"Why exactly?" Kaiba asked him.
"So when Kyira comes down the food will be ready. I don't want her to get sick." Before Kaiba could say anything else, Kyira walked out of the bathroom. Her hair was pinned up, though a few pieces had fallen in front. She had made her way over to Kaiba having heard voices.
"What's this about getting sick?" She asked.
Kaiba went downstairs, "I'll be in my study Mokuba."
Kyira looked at Kaiba not really getting what had happened. Following behind, she stopped by Mokuba, "That smells good."
Mokuba grinned. "I made sure that they made this soup. That way you won't get sick."
Kyira laughed, "Well now I feel special. Let me help you with that." She said but Mokuba moved out of the way.
"That's okay Kyira, I got it."
"Alright then let's go, I'm starving." Reaffirming his grip on the tray, Mokuba continued towards the dining room with Kyira, disappearing inside. Kaiba held the door to his study open. Watching them as they walked away, he stood there a while after they had left. Finally, he walked into his study closing the door behind them.
"I can too."
"If you believe so then it must be."
"You don't believe I can."
"Of course not."
"What kind of friend are you?"
"A realistic one."
Joey glared at Tristan. "Is that so?"
Tristan nodded folding his arms in front of this chest. "It is. There's no way you can beat him. You've already lost to him a million times."
"What?" Joey jumped up. "You're exaggerating. I only lost twice, and that was because I let him win."
"Yeah sure you did Joey. Sure you did."
"Why I…"
"Hey guys." Kyira said as she joined the group. Joey and Tristan looked over at Kyira, back at each other and then they both ran up to her. Joey reached her first and blurted out, "Right I'd win?"
"Right he'd lose." Tristan said pushing in front of Joey."
Kyira took a step back. "Uh…"
Tea sighed, "Really you two, who cares?"
Kyira slipped past the two and sat by Tea and Yu-gi. "What are they talking about anyway?" She whispered to Tea.
"Whether or not Joey can beat Kaiba."
Kyira rolled her eyes. "Oh my gosh, they're still on that?"
Yu-gi laughed. "I guess the only way to end it all is for Joey to duel him."
Kyira brushed aside a hair that had fallen in front of her eyes. "As if that'll happen. There's no way Kaiba's going to duel him," Tea said. "He has no reason to."
"True, quite true." Kyira added. "He doesn't, which means they'll never stop arguing." She sighed sadly. "Well not unless we figure out another way to get them to stop."
Yu-gi looked over at Joey and Tristan. "How about getting them to argue about something else?"
"What?" Tea started when she glanced over at the two. "Oh no, it never ends."
Kyira looked up at them as well. "Well I guess it's solved then. Hehe…he." She said laughing weakly.
"You stay away from my sister, Tristan."
"What! Why should I. All I did was offer to go with her when she goes shopping."
"That's what I mean. Nobody asked you to stick your nose in other people's business, but there you go."
"What! I'm offended."
Rolling her eyes Kyira stood up. "Well I don't know about you two, but I think I've heard enough arguments to last me a lifetime."
"Yeah me too." Tea chimed in, as she stood up. "You coming Yu-gi?"
"Uh…." He looked over at Tristan and Joey who were now grabbing each other by their shirts. "Sure, sounds good to me."
The three of them got up and walked away from the fighting pair. They got about a foot away when Kyira's cell phone rang. "Hello? Oh Hi Mokuba. Yeah, yeah. Well I don't have my deck on me right now. No, no, um, let me see." Kyira looked around then went back to the phone. "Yeah, Joey. Well…I'm pretty sure. Will he be ok with that?" Kyira listened and laughed a bit. "Hehe, yeah that's true. Ok then I'll see ya."
"What was that about?" Tea asked.
"It looks like we'll see an end to one argument today." Kyira answered smiling.
"Oh?" Yu-gi and Tea said at the same time.
"Hey Joey! Joey! It looks like you'll get to prove yourself today."
Joey and Tristan stopped arguing. "Huh? What did you say?"
"You're going to duel Kaiba today."
"What! When did this happen?" Joey asked surprised.
"A few minutes ago."
"Oh," He scratched his head. "Well I don't know. I mean, I wasn't planning on dueling anyone today and…"
"Are you chickening out?" Tristan asked leaning towards him. "You know you're no match for him."
"What! Why I outta… Of course I can beat him." Joey said storming off.
"Joey where are you going?" Tea called after him.
"To see ol' rich boy." He responded angrily as he stomped off completely determined to duel Kaiba now and save his pride. Shrugging Kyira followed behind him, soon followed by the others.
Mokuba waited outside Kaiba Corp, surprised that his brother agreed to dueling with Joey. I wonder what changed his mind? He asked himself. Before he could get further into it, he saw Joey storming up the stairs. "Oh Joey. That was quick."
"Where is he? Is he too scared to even come out here himself?" Joey blurted out while looking around for Kaiba. The others came a bit afterwards.
"Geez Joey, could you get here any faster." Tristan panted.
"Well let's go in." Mokuba said. The others nodded their heads.
"Good…idea…" Kyira said between breathes. Walking in Mokuba led them to one of the dueling arenas. Joey stormed forward looking left and right for Kaiba.
"What's wrong Wheeler? Lost your bone?"
Joey jumped, then regained his composure, searched for Kaiba. "Say what? Stop being a coward and show yourself and say that to my face!"
Kaiba walked onto the platform. "I just did, Wheeler. Now stop wasting my time and let's get this duel over with." Kaiba replied sounding annoyed.
Tristan had a weird look on his face while he walked. Joey stormed to the opposite end of the dueling arena fuming. "What's Kaiba's hurry? He's the one who wanted to duel and he's all annoyed by it." Tristan whispered over to the group. Tea leaning back on her right leg, "That's Kaiba for you." Kyira said nothing, still out of breath from the run.
"Hey Kyira are you alright? You look a little pale?" Yu-gi asked looking up at Kyira.
"I'm fine, I guess I'm more out of shape than I thought," she said laughing weakly.
Tea looked over at her with worry etched on her face, "You sure? Maybe you should sit down?"
"No, I'm fine. Don't worry about me. Concentrate on the duel. We've already missed their opening moves."
Looking back, Kaiba and Joey were way on their way in the duel. Joey had his baby dragon in attack mode and was just about to play his time wizard card. Kaiba didn't look worried at all. He had his dimension dragon and Spear Dragon out in attack mode. Kyira tried to concentrate on the duel but she was beginning to feel dizzy. Deciding to go out for a second to get a breath of fresh air, she slipped out from behind the group and headed for the door.
Kaiba had played a trap card destroying Joey's 1000 dragon. Joey cringed and drew a card. "You just got lucky Kaiba. Just wait." He said.
Kaiba smirked, "As if you'll have something to defeat me in that puny deck of yours Wheeler."
Kyira took another step, when she felt herself begin to fall. Collapsing to the floor, she laid there. Kaiba was about to make his move when he heard Mokuba cry out. Glancing over he spotted Kyira on the ground.