Chapter 8

Quite the Contrary

Hey! Thanks so much for your awesome reviews and thanks heaps again for Magical Defenstration for her idea as well as Ms LaaDeeDaa. If any of you wanna read a really good story bout Kaiba, go read her story called Something Funny. Its great! Also, I know there are people who are reading this and enjoying it so I'm very grateful but would it be ok if you reviewed. It doesn't have to be a long review. Even one word is ok. (if it's a good review D P) One last thing. I think I might change my summary so if any of you have a good idea for a summary could you please tell me? Thanks. Anyway thanks again and enjoy the show.

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"This place is so amazing. Who cares if we're a few hundred years in the past?" Mina sighed, sitting on a cliff just east of the village.

Her boots were off, placed just by the side of her and her hair was out of its high ponytail. The wind was strong at the precipice of the cliff and just below it was the beach and the sea. Mina's hair was blown up, around her face and all around her body as the wind flew around her, making sort of like a black halo around her head. Her jacket too was off and placed just behind her and goose bumps were starting to rise on her exposed arms but she didn't care. She had spent a good four days at the village already, exploring with Fallen Angel and Kaiba. He wasn't as bad as she thought he was. Just a bit aloof and stuck up. Ok and obnoxious when he wanted to be.

"Yeah. I love this place. They sure know how to live." Fallen Angel sighed, fluttering down next to Mina.

"That's because they worship you to no end and you're being treated like a queen." Kaiba said sarcastically and rolled his eyes as he appeared over the hill onto the cliff where Mina was sitting. He strode up and stood next to her and raised his hand to shade his eyes from the sun while scanning the horizon.

"That's cause they know how I'm supposed to be treated." Fallen Angel snapped back.

"All the same, I think we should find out how to get back to our time soon."

Mina craned her head up to look at Kaiba. The wind was blowing hard again and his hair was being messed up by it, giving him a very natural look. Mina thought that that suited him very well. His white trench coat was blown up at the back and the wind was pushing his pants back on his legs allowing her to see his long and muscular leg shape through them. And his tight black turtle-neck was pushing against his chest allowing his taught chest muscles to be seen. 'Since when does the CEO of Kaiba Corp. have time to work out. Well obviously he does. I mean come on. Look at that chest. And those arms. It can make a girl swoon. Wait, I did not just say that. I did, I did, I did. I just said that Seto Kaiba was hot and could make a girl swoon. Damn it, I think I'm falling for him. I can't though. No I don't like him. I can't like him. Joey, Tristen and Duke would hate me for it and probably never be my friends again. I can't like him for the sake of my friendship. But damn he's hot… Kaiba turned his ice blue eyes away from the ocean and down to Mina who was looking intently at him. He raised an eyebrow at her and she looked down and tried to cover a blush.

"Yeah, we should probably do that. I'm not going to let Joey beat me in the tournament." Mina sighed and got up, dusting of her short skirt and slipping on her jacket. She stepped into her boots and slowly walked of, tying her hair up at the same time.

Kaiba looked at her retreating back. Fallen Angel had flown over and had started talking with great gusto to Mina. After spending four days with Yugi's sister, he had found out she was not just Minako Moto, Yugi Moto's sister. She was Mina, a bright, smart, happy, tough and very pretty woman. He had never thought he would have these feelings about her. A few weeks ago he was thinking that he hated her because she had beaten him in every duelling match and he couldn't take it because she was a girl. Now after spending time with her, he had found out that she had everything it took to beat him. She had guts, strength and smarts. Of course he had pretended that he didn't want to hang out with her and only came because he had to. But in actual fact he enjoyed taking walks with her around the village and getting to know the people. And getting to know her. She was almost the complete opposite of him yet she attracted him like a magnet. Now he got the saying opposites attract. He understood it very well. He, the great Seto Kaiba, liked Minako Moto. The aloof, serious, quiet Seto Kaiba liked the open, happy, loud Mina Moto. He seemed to want to smile more around her. Once he even did, and she nearly caught him smiling but he had hidden it before she saw. Kaiba thought she suspected though.

"Are you coming or are you just going to stand there all day?" Mina called back.

Kaiba sighed and followed her.

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"Shouldn't we be going to figure out a way to get back?" Kaiba looked at Mina who was reclining on her bed after letting Fallen Angel back into her card to rest.

"Nah. Can't be bothered. I know, lets talk." She squealed, sitting up on the bed and petting the empty spot in front of her. Kaiba looked at the place where she petted on the bed and cleared his throat.

"Talk? What would you want to talk to me about Moto?"

"Things. Come on, I'm not going to bite."

Kaiba looked around the room and sighed. He walked over to the bed and sat down on it, legs hanging of the side and his right side of his body was facing Mina.

"Come on. Turn around."

"What?"

"If we're going to talk, you're going to have to face me." Mina giggled trying to see how far she could push him. She herself was sitting up straight in the bed with her legs crossed. "Sit like me."

Kaiba looked at her and rolled his eyes. She raised one eyebrow. He sighed and kicked off his shoes before spinning around in the bed and facing her with his legs crossed.

"What is it Moto? I feel like I'm one of your friends sitting on your bed at some sleepover and talking about gossip."

"First of all, call me Mina. Secondly, gossip is a very powerful thing. You know it could break a person or raise them higher than the queen. You should know that if you're running a company. It's going to help."

"How is gossip going to help?" Kaiba looked at her disbelievingly.

"Well, rumours could be started about you and spread like wildfire and you would have no idea how to stop them. Or you could use that to your advantage. Lets say you're going to a party of the CEO of your rival company. One 'accidental' slip of the tongue with a 'slight' falsehood could bring him down." Mina looked at Kaiba slyly, wagging an eyebrow up and down suggestively.

"I would never stoop to that level."

"Trust me. One day you will. And when that day comes, I'll be there to watch and help spread the dangerous rumours that could bring the demise of all your opponents and bring Seto Kaiba higher than he has ever been."

"This talk is so pointless."

"Ok, ok. Lets see. Um… what was the worst pick-up like you've ever used."

Kaiba choked and looked at Mina. "You serious?"

"Yeah. I wanna know."

"Um… ok…" He thought back to the day he had his first girlfriend. That night at the bar, he was so drunk he hardly remembered saying it but he remembered the reaction well enough. "It was 'Am I cute enough yet, or do you need more to drink?"

"WHAT!?!?!?!" Mina fell back laughing on the bed and Kaiba looked slightly amused.

"Hey, I was drunk and I was 18."

"So not an excuse though." Mina said through her cries of laughter.

"What about you?"

"Excuse me. I don't use pick up lines. I don't need it!" Mina said haughtily and flicked her hair back of her face. She giggled. "Na. I've never actually used one. I'm usually the one the guys use the pick up lines on. I've never actually heard of a girl using a pick-up line."

"You've got to say one." Kaiba smirked getting into the mood.

"Ok I've got one that this guy used on me at the library. Well he came up to me and said 'It's a good thing I've got my library card cause I'm checking you out.' I had a boyfriend then so I said the first thing that came to my mind which was 'Oh sorry. I'm reserved for someone else." Mina giggled hysterically.

Kaiba felt a smile tugging his lips until his self-control broke and he started to laugh. Mina looked at him.

"What?" he asked.

"I MADE YOU LAUGH!!! I MADE SETO KAIBA LAUGH! Everybody write down the date of this momentous occasion. This day shall be called 'Mina made Kaiba laugh day' hence forth.

Kaiba let out a smile and Mina looked at him again, this time with a different expression.

"What is it now?"

"You look nice when you smile. You should do it more often." She looked down and giggled softly. "Ok, your turn."

"I don't have any more. I've only got really good ones."

"Ok say a good one then."

"I wish I were a tear so i could start in your eyes, live on your face, and die on your lips."

Again, Mina fell back laughing, this time so hard that tears rolled down her face.

"What's so funny?" Kaiba asked genuinely surprised that his line causes that reaction.

"Good Lord. Did you hear yourself saying it? Oh that's rich. That's almost as bad as 'you must be the reason for global warming because you're hot' and 'I think I need to call heaven because they've lost one of their angels.'" Mina snorted and stopped when she saw Kaiba's face. "You don't really say that do you? Oh Lord you do! Egad man! Do you know what that would do to your reputation if that got out?"

"Watch it. I'm dangerous."

"Really? You know, I highly doubt that."

"It's perfectly true. I can win a game of Connect Four in three moves. Time waits for no man… Unless that man is Seto Kaiba." He grinned evilly.

"Can you get anymore up yourself?" Mina asked laughing.

----In between all this witty and humorous partake, lets see how the gang is doing----

"What are we going to do?!" Mokuba yelled stressed.

"I don't know. I don't even know where they are. I'm sure they're ok though. They might be on the other side of the island, or maybe they could be at the safe house or maybe they could be at home-" Yugi started to comfort him when Joey butted in.

"Or they could be dead, or they could be being tortured or could be falling to certain death in the water or they could – OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" Joey yelled at Tea who had elbowed him hard in the ribs.

"Oh NO!!! How are we ever going to find them!?!?!?!" Mokuba wailed stressed to breaking point. It was always him disappearing while Seto came to find him, NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND!

"It's ok Mokuba." Tea comforted. "Yugi and Joey are going to send two of their wing monsters each to see if they can find them right guys?" She said pointedly looking at them.

Yugi nodded while Joey opened his mouth to protest. One look from Mai shut him up though. Four winged monsters were called up and given instructions. As the four monsters flew off Mokuba looked up at Yugi and asked

"What if they can't find them?"

"Well, it will probably take them a few days but if they can't find my sister and your brother we're just going to have to go as fast as we can to Credo's castle and when we get there we'll ask him where they are. Sound good?"

Mokuba nodded.

"Don't worry Mokuba. They're tough people and can take care of themselves. You know that."

"It's not that they can't take on other people." Tea muttered under her breath. "Its more like I'm worried cause they might and up killing each other."

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Little did she know that what was happening was quite the contrary.