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"...Because weird doors that just stand there in the middle of the woods aren't suspicious at all." I said sarcastically as the three of us stood staring at said door, it had materialised infront of us about a minute ago and we were now debating whether or not we should go through it. Mokuba frowned at it.

"The gang could be on the other side." He said, sounding uncertain as Kaiba glared at it like it was trying to steal something from him.

"It's more likely a trap that Noah set for u-" He was cut off by Mokuba shrugging and opening the door, stepping through it. Barely a second later Kaiba followed, probably to, (lightly), scold Mokuba for doing such a thing. I sighed, following and gasping at the place we stepped out into.

"It's a change of scenery at least." Kaiba mused as I stared at the beach. It was an actual beach at sunset. Mokuba walked to the edge of the shore and gesticulated wildly, partial amusement in his voice as he yelled at the sky and probably Noah.

"I DON'T CARE IF IT'S THE BEACH! I DONT WANT TO BE AT A VIRTUAL BEACH, FOREST, CITY OR EVEN A VIRTUAL THEMEPARK! I JUST WANT TO BE BACK ON THE BLIMP! IN THE REAL WORLD!" He sighed disgustedly while Kaiba smirked and walked past him, "Urgh, and I feel like I haven't eaten in ages." I snickered as I took off my shoes and sat down in the sand, not caring that it was virtual for the moment, and set about the heels of my shoes with all my strength.

"Callaghan, what on earth are you doing?" An exasperated voice asked from my far left as Mokuba sat cross-legged next to me, glaring at the v-sun. I snerked as one heel came away with a sharp snap.

"I'm improvising Se-sigh-Kaiba. You try wandering around this place in high-heels for several hours..." There was a pause from him.

"So you're snapping the heels off the shoes Callaghan?" I could practically hear the smirk in his voice as I sighed in defeat and glared to my right.

"I don't care. I'm tired of feeling like the stupid shoes are conspiring against me to break my ankles." I started on the next one, pulling the black plastic away from the red suede.

"Hey! Seto! Look at this!" I heard Mokuba's voice from several meters behind me, I marveled at his ninja-like quietness and movement as I scrabbled to my knees and then stood while holding my, now pumps, in one hand before walking over to the two brothers and frowning at the small TV that was buried under a small sand dune.

"Is that...Noah?" I asked, staring at the green-haired brat who was standing in what seemed to be a court-room, I gasped as the camera angle cut away to a familiar face, "TEÁ! She's alright!" I smiled fully and felt a weight lift of me at the knowledge that my best-friend was still okay.

"And Yugi and Joey are there too!" Mokuba said, looking over his shoulder to me with a smile. Good, three down, three to go. We turned our attentions back to the screen, confusion increasing at Noah's words.

"So.." Mokuba started, frowning at the fact that Noah seemed to be willing to stop the current duel due to cheating on the Big Five's part, "he has respect for the game?" I shook my head even though Mokuba wasn't looking at me.

"I don't think he's emotionally heathly enough for that..." I tailed off before hearing Noah speak again.

"I dislike your constant disobeyment of my rules Johnson." The green-haired boy moved to banish the Lawyer before Joey stopped him. I sighed at Joey's willingness to continue if Johnson just stopped cheating.

"Or he just hates having his 'authority' undermined." I rolled my eyes as I hooked my fingers around the word and turned my back to the two brothers along with the TV. I sat heavily down in the sand again, putting my 'new' shoes on and glaring at the black plastic that sat a few metres away from me, I sighed sadly and placed my head in my hands.

"Hey, it's okay Sophie." Mokuba said, looking over to me, sounding slightly concerned, "We're gonna find out where the gang are and then we're all getting out of this virtual dump." I massaged the bridge of my nose to stop me from crying before sighing again.

"You're damn lovely kid, I hope you know that." I looked up from my hands and smiled to him a tad weakly, "But I know we're doing all that..."

"Then stop moping Callaghan. I can't be dealing with your over-emotiona-" I laughed hysterically at Kaiba's words before flitting a hand at them.

"Good god. Did you think I was upset because I think we aren't getting out of here?" I laughed again before sobering at the thought that had downed me in the first place, "Oh no. I was mouring the loss of my Laboutainé heels." I glanced sadly over to the black plastic again as they were teased out to v-sea by the tide. I shook my head sadly before looking back to the varying amused and annoyed faces of the brothers, "They cost me one whole week's wages, and I've had to snap them in two..." I stood up, feeling weird that I didn't have the extra height boost; now I was two inches shorter than Kaiba. I glared at the, now dead, TV, "Noah will pay." I paused, "Literally. I'll wring his scrawny little neck till I get all £750 out of him." I lost my humour towards the end as I thought about how much they cost me when I heard Kaiba snicker and Mokuba laugh slightly.

"You spent over..." There was a second's pause as Mokuba worked out the exchange rate in his head, "$1000 dollars on a pair of shoes?" The amused shock in his voice evident, I raised my eyebrows in surprise at how fast he worked it out.

"Whoa...I feel so dumb next to you two genii." I said, smiling as I remembered my affectionate resignation, "But yes. I did." I nodded and smirked at the look of utter shock on the kid's face as Kaiba sighed.

"It's nice to know that you stick to your gender sterotype Callaghan." The sarcasm practically dripping from his words as I made a disgusted noise in the back of my throat.

"I'll have you know that some stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason." I looked down to where the heels had been on my shoes, "I loved those shoes..." I sighed, "I helped sell many a house in them..."

"Another door?" Mokuba sounded completely bored with these kinds of developments. I brushed the backs of my trousers free of sand and stood next to him as Kaiba walked over to his brother's other side.

"My turn to go first, I suppose." I said dryly before leaning forwards and opening the door, stepping through it and into the impossibly glowing black transitional corridor behind it.

~XxX

A/N: Oh GAAAWWD I'm tired right now. It's four in the morning but I'm awake. Why am I awake? XD

~Ava