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Seto strapped on the dueling system to Serena's arm and tightened the band. "Are you sure you're ready for this? You know you don't have to do anything you don't want to do." he said firmly. Serena didn't answer him and had a glazed look on her face. "Serena?"

She looked up and started to fidget with her hands. The look on her face dissettled Seto. She looked so small and vulnerable as if she didn't know what to do. "It's okay" he soothed and started to loosen the band. Her small hand stopped him.

"No" she said nervously " I-I need to do this. For me. I can't be scared of the past anymore." Seto hesitated but nodded in understanding and readied her for the duel.

"I've never used one of these before" she thought aloud. "How does it work ? Is that a core 98 chip? I didn't know you can get these commercially?"

"You can't" he smirked as he clasped the last band "but I can." She shook her head before focusing on the cards next to her. Kaiba had given her one of his old decks since she was unwilling to go out a rebuild a new deck. She didn't want to play in the tournament and was adamant in her decision to retire professionally. "Are you ready?" he asked.

She nodded. Mokuba looked on from the sidelines. He never enjoyed dueling himself, but loved watching his brother compete. 'This was going to be interesting' he thought ' his brother was dueling one of the best. He'd never truly analyzed her strategy because of her retirement and he seemed to really like this girl.

"Let's duel" she said as a fierce gleam overtook her face. Seto was taken aback. He had never seen this side of her and sensed that she was a force to be reckoned with. "I'll start" she said smartly as she played Twin-headed thunder dragon in attack mode as well as two cards face down.

Mokuba watched from the sidelines as Serena continually damaged his brother's life points with her expert moves. Down to his last 400 points, Mokuba began to worry whether his brother would actually win the duel. He saw a smirk appear on his brother's calm features.

"You dueled well Serena, but now I activate my virus card making a majority of your cards useless!" Seto said with a sly grin. Serena looked somewhat startled, but hid her surprise well as Seto put another card on the field. "I call on the blue eyes white dragon!" Her face didn't take on the look of defeat that most of Seto's opponents had at this point in the match. Instead, she looked curiously at the creature…

Serena found herself in the ancient corridors once more when she noticed a retreating figure. She quickly followed remembering the ancient cloak from her dream. When she reached the end of the hall, she glanced in both directions. The figure was gone. She felt a pressure on her wrist, before she was met with a familiar set of eyes. "Seto?" she breathed "Who are you? and why do you look like him?" She figure didn't answer as she struggled against his firm grip.

"Shhhh" he said as he listened for noise. Serena looked around noticing nothing. "we don't have much time Serena, so I'll be brief-"

"How do yo- sorry please continue." she started after seeing his glare.

"As I was saying, my name is Priest Seto and you are now the holder of the blue eyes white dragon."

"That's what Kisara told me, but what do you mean by holder? This doesn't make any sense" she interrupted.

"Kisara held the soul of the blue eyes white dragon. Only one person is able to have full control of the beast and though many can try to yield its power, the true master of the dragon will be able to control it. While you may only see this as a card game, duel monsters was once real and you now hold the dragon inside your soul. You must protect it against the dark forces that seek its power. I'll try to tell you more, but it is no longer safe and you must return."

"Wait!" Serena screamed as she felt a hand on her face.

"Serena? Serena? Are you okay?" she heard concerned voices above her "Mokuba call the doctor to the duelist court right away"

"N-no. I'm fine. Sorry, what happened?" Serena asked as she steadied herself off the floor.

"You collapsed after seeing the blue eyes. I'm so sorry, I should have been more careful" he said gingerly helping her to a sitting position.

"No, I'm glad you played me like a real opponent. I needed that…" she said looking around "I think I'm just going to sit for a little while though." Seto nodded. She had the same distant look that she had earlier that morning. After a half hour, Seto sent Mokuba and Serena to the house so a doctor could check on her. She protested, but Seto was firm in his decision. As he saw the car leave, he quickly made a phone call to Yugi Muto.

Yugi was surprised when hearing Seto's voice. They weren't really friends and Kaiba never sought to hear Yugi's advice before. Mokuba had called him earlier to ask about the millennium puzzle, so he was ready for any of Kaiba's questions. According to Yami, he sensed that Serena was a part of his past and held something very valuable and warned Kaiba that she may have been receiving visions from the past.

Kaiba sighed in disappointment. Yugi's information was cryptic at best and did little to help the situation. But, there was little he could do to change things and grudgingly called the car to bring him home.

When he entered the front door, he was greeted by the doctor who confirmed that Serena was physically fine and that the dizzy spell may have been an effect of fatigue. He nodded curtly before the doctor took his leave. He followed the musical laughter of Serena's voice and made his way towards the entertainment center. He peeked inside to see his little brother and Serena engaged in a lively video game battle.

"I'm so going to beat you Serena! You have no chance of winning!" Mokuba laughed as his fingers expertly grazed across the controller.

"You wish Mokie, there's no way I'm giving up" she said as she watched the screen. He watched for a few minutes before quietly slipping out to do some work. After an hour, he returned to find them missing. He wandered the corridor listening for their voices when he saw a black haired blur rush past him. He grabbed his brother just in time.

"Seto!" he whined "I need to find Serena or else she'll win the game!" He chuckled and agreed to help his brother with his childish game of hide and seek. After searching a majority of the castle, they were still unable to find her. "She's good" Mokuba grumbled as he glanced into another empty room.

"Mokie, I think I might know where she might be. follow me" he said encouragingly as they made their way to the library. His instincts were right as he found Serena tucked away with a large volume of books stacked next to her. She was too absorbed in her reading to look up until Seto cleared his throat.

"Oh" she said surprised by his presence "sorry, I just...you have an amazing collection."

"Thank you" he smirked "So, have you forgotten about the game?"

"Of course not, just decided to fill my time in case you never found me!" she replied smartly. Mokuba made a face.

"We searched everywhere!" he stated "I didn't know you'd go to the one place that nobody goes to!" Serena gave him a mocking smile and followed the boys back to the main hall.

"Are you okay?" he asked seriously as they descended the staircase. She gave a small smile before nodding.

"Is that the time?" she asked suddenly staring at the large clock " I should probably go; I don't want to overstay my welcome…" The truth was she dreaded going back to that empty mansion. it was cold and lonely without anybody there.

"What! Oh c'mon Serena! Can't you please just stay a little longer? Just until your dad comes back! You don't really have to go, do you?" Mokuba pleaded.

"You can't really say no to that face can you?" Seto said softly.

"I don't want to trouble you guys. I've already had such a fun weekend and I don't want to be a burden…" she started until Seto touched her hand gently.

"You aren't. You're welcome anytime and you can stay as long as you would like." he said with true sincerity.

"Thank you" she smiled "I'll stay. After all, I still have to finish my exploration of the library."

As the long weekend came to a close, the three began to finish their homework and prepared themselves for the next day. Serena couldn't believe how relaxed she felt at the Kaiba manor. Sure, her house was equally as luxurious and large, but having someone to talk to and see everyday was something she had sorely missed.