A/N: AHAHAHA I've just realised something. I'm not having to write anything with the other charactetrs in it for a while. X_X Oh yeah, what do you guys think of my NON-BASHY-TEÁ ways? I like her actually...but I like the manga version better. She's more..."I'll hit you if you hurt Yugi/Jou/Honda" rather than, "OOOOH LOVE HEARTS FLOWERS."

And yeah, "knackered" is London slang for concussed/hit-something-in-such-a-manner-that-it-falls-or-runs. XD

~Ava

~XxX~

"Niiice." I whistled lowly as Ka-Seto-beat Gozaburo at chess. I nudged the present Kaiba at my right in the arm. "That, was nicely done." Mokuba smiled proudly from the other side of Kaiba.

"Yeah! My bro beat him fair and square, and only in five moves!" I pouted, impressed.

"I reiterate. Niiice." I said as I nodded my head towards the scene behind the window, "So..." I tailed off, looking at the ground as my eyes widened. I grabbed both brother's hands and yanked them roughly towards me as I took a step backwards, the ground where they had been cracked loudly. Not breaking, but cracking. Both brothers collided with me then regained their balance, glaring at me with varying degrees of confusion and mild embarassment at the fact that my hands were still clamped round theirs. I let go hurriedly, pointing at the cracks wordlessly by way of explanation and distraction from my blush.

"Hmm," Kaiba looked over at the cracks that were slowly spreading as Mokuba took a step backwards from being literally level with my hip, Kaiba looked back at me and then over my shoulder, "we keep moving." He stated, leaving no room for negotiations as I got the niggling feeling that he was playing chicken with me considering last time I'd pulled him this close he stepped out of my space the second I let go. My inner niggle was proved correct by the smirk he gave me when I looked away with a blush and a throat clear, I hissed at him once the three of us resumed walking, Mokuba still probably hearing me.

"I hate you sometimes." I rubbed my bare arms as a gust of virtual wind hit us, Kaiba smirked.

"We've been here before Callaghan, not to mention that directly contradicts what you said mere minutes ago." Was his slightly smug answer, I scoffed.

"The two emotions aren't mutually exclusive you know." I snickered as I looked down at Mokuba, startlingly he was the fastest out of us, "I can quite easily multi-task the two emotio-" I was cut off by Mokuba breaking into a run and Kaiba following him, it took me a second to recover before I bolted after them, once more cursing my footwear.

~XxX~

"Did he just say that even after three years you had to freaking earn your last name?" After I had caught up with the two I had been treated to seeing the mansion they lived at-or at least the virtual version-and I had felt increasingly like I was reading someone's diary. Both brothers glanced across at me. "And he made you study solidly." I said, still sounding incredulous as I looked at Kaiba.

"...He's dead now Callaghan." Was the answer I got, I could almost hear the 'good' behind his words, I raised an eyebrow.

"Well I can't say I'm surprised." I sighed as the scene fizzled, "He doesn't exactly seem like a man without enemies." Mokuba snorted at my words, I frowned, wondering why, before turning my attention to the young Seto who flopped onto the sofa in his room.

"Urrgh," I smiled inwardly, the past was so much more human than the present, "if I see one more textbook I'm gonna barf..." I snorted, drawing a look from the present, I shrugged.

"Hey, I'm going to say this once and once only, you were cute AND sweet." I looked down at Mokuba, "And with you, there's no were." I snickered at the kid's smirk. I had a feelingthat he used that to his advantage sometimes, the older Kaiba was now glaring at me with the undiscernable look he'd given me back when we were looking for Yugi. I watched the butler of the household-Hopman-place a textbook infront of the past Seto. I snerked, feeling horribly shallow at the first thought that popped into my head: Why's his face melted?

"Grahh..." Seto threw the book to the side, it opened, revealing that the pages had a rectangular cut in them. He picked up the book and took out what was hidden in the gap, Duel Monsters cards and a note. "Dear Seto, they can take away our games but they can never seperate us. We're a team!" The past Seto read the note, now obviously from Mokuba as I felt myself warm indefinitely towards the two brothers, now fully resigned to my affections for them. The younger Seto leafed through the cards that were enclosed, "They may not be the best cards, but they're mine." He stopped at a card that was made of paper, "Huh? What's this?" He took it out of the deck, a very crudely drawn dragon on it, "Mokuba made me Blue Eyes?" He stared at the card for a little while before he walked out onto his balcony, still holding the card. "One day, I'll have the actual card." He said as the scene fizzled once more and we were left in blackness. I moved a little closer to the brothers for safety.

"Well," I said, breaking the silence, "you have all three now..." Kaiba looked to his left at me, a slight smirk on his face.

"Of course I do." I sighed exasperatedly at his smug tone, smirking back at him as I looked over at Mokuba.

"And you've barely changed." The kid smiled and shrugged.

"Of course I haven't." He mirrored his brother's tone and stance as I smiled at them, looking around our black surroundings and deciding that this was a good a time as any to start talking.

"My parents divorced when I was thirteen because my Dad was a philandering prick with another family, I turned into an off-the-rails-bitch 'til some kids put me in the hospital where I reassessed my attitude and Mum took me out of schooling'," I hooked my fingers around the word, "and until I met you lot, my Mum was my best friend." I snapped my fingers, "Ooh, and when I first got here I noticed the KC building and thought it was mental." I said, glancing at Kaiba. Both of them frowned at my unprovoked information-dump.

"Wh-" Mokuba started, looking at me like I'd snapped.

"-I know all about your childhood baggage," I snickered and pointed to myself, "to even it out, you two now know all mine. Admittedly," I said with a grimace, "mine is nowhere near as bad as your's but..." I paused for a second, looking to Kaiba next, "you can think of it as collateral." I smiled slightly. Mokuba nodded at my explanation and smiled at me before speaking.

"Well, it's only fair." I snorted and smiled back, all three of us turned sharply to look behind us at the sound of slow clapping, Noah emerging from the darkness.

"Very touching, you three." He said, smirking malevolently as my mouth bypassed my brain.

"...That's lame." I said before my eyes widened at the fact that I'd said that out loud. Noah glared at me, seeming like he was trying to gut me with his eyes. "Just...sarcastic and slow hand-clapping is so...cliché..." I trailed off my explanation at the look of pure irritation on his face. I cleared my throat and took another step to my right, closer to the brothers.

"What do you want Noah?" Kaiba asked, sounding as annoyed as Noah looked, said kid looked away from me before locking eyes with Kaiba.

"Why, all I want is what's mine Seto. Something which I assure you, I'll get back." He snickered, "Along with everything elsee that's yours..." His eyes slid to Mokuba before he took a step backwards, Kaiba glared at him as Noah melted into the darkness again. We stood in silence for a little as the woods fizzled back into view until I broke it.

"Well that was pointless."

~XxX~