Eiko's eyes fluttered open. She looked up at the white tile ceiling. The surface underneath her felt familiar, hard and cold, She looked down, 'a hospital bed?' she thought to herself. She turned her head to the right; a heart monitor was next to the bed. 'Oh great I'm in a hospital, again.' Eiko started to get up from the bed,

"Good your up," a familiar voice from across the room said. Eiko turned, she saw Seto sitting I a gray padded chair.

"Seto?" she said confused, "were am I?"

"Kaba stadium infirmary." He explained. 'Ok so not a hospital, but close' Eiko thought to herself. "You fainted" Seto continued to say.

"Really? My head doesn't hurt," Eiko said brining her hand to the side of her head.

"You didn't hit you head. You, um…" Seto said his cheeks starting to get red.

"Oh yeah, that's right" Eiko said looking up. "You caught me" Eiko said her memory regained. "Thanks Seto!" Eiko said smiling.

"Um, no problem…" Seto said looking down. Eiko's eyes got wide, "what?" Seto asked noticing her look.

"Um, Seto not to be rude but. What are you wearing?" She asked looking at his white trench coat and belts strapped around his arms. Seto reliesd that Eiko had never seen him in his 'ensemble' before, he had to say he was a bit embarrassed.

"Its just a… um." Seto stammered trying to explain. Eiko noticed how uncomfortable he was becoming and dropped the subject.

"So how long was I out?" Eiko asked stretching her arms.

"Twenty minuets, by the way your dueling Sean Jones next."

"Oh thanks, how long do I have?" Eiko asked putting her hands on her hips.

"Ten minutes, I would head down if I were you, they can be pretty strict about time."

"Even if I said I was with the C.E.O. of Kaiba corp.?" Eiko said smiling.

"Yes," Seto said, "now go."

"Fine, fine…" Eiko said walking towards the door. "Oh and Seto," Eiko said, halfway thought the door. "Please don't tell Yugi and everyone else about this, ok." Seto gave her a hard look,

"Have you even told them about-"

"No, and I have no intension to" Eiko said cutting him off mid sentence.

"You'll have to tell them some time Eiko, you can say that its history and that it wont cause any problems. But one day it will and you'll be sorry" Seto said with a serous tone.

"Seto look it never-"

"Happens?" Seto said finishing Eiko's sentence. "We both know that that's a lie."

"Look Seto, when it happened back then the accident was fairly new. But I've gotten use to it! You don't need to worry about it like, like you're my-"

"Dad?" Seto said finishing her sentence again. Silence. Eiko gave him an angry look,

"I should go, where is my-" Seto held up her duel disk. She looked at it for a second and then snatched it out of his hands. "Stop it."

"Stop what?" Seto asked confused,

"Reading my mind, it was so annoying when we were kids" Eiko said with a Kiddish grin. She then left the room and headed to the dueling field.

On the way to the field Eiko saw Sean in the hallway, leaning agents a wall.

"So, you use light types. A pretty normal chose for girls." 'What the heck is that suppose to mean?' Eiko thought to herself. 'Sexist little-', "but you seem to be pretty skilled with those types. What's your secret?" Sean said looking her over with his eyes. 'Wait is he hitting on me?' this guy was starting to confuse her.

"My friends taught me the game and helped me with my deck. Their pretty well know in the dueling world," Eiko said a bit sheepishly.

"Friends like Seto Kaiba?" Sean said trying to linger over her (he was of coerce unable to considering Eiko was 5'11 while he was 5'10). Eiko looked at him,

"What are you getting at?" she asked to him.

"Don't think just because you're sleeping with the C.E.O. of Kaiba corp. your going to win this. I don't take bribes." Eiko's eyes got big,

"What?" she said in shock, "no, wait its not like that, were just-"

"Friends, pfff. Yah right, more friends with benefits."

"Are all guys in America big pigs like you?" Eiko said her eyes becoming slits.

"Well, I'd say that…" Sean started to say but Eiko stormed off. "Were do you think your going?" he asked her as she walked away.

"Well, the field is pretty far away… and we only have three minutes so…"

"What?" Sean exclaimed, he looked at his watch, 'damn it, she's right.'

"Hope you can run, really fast…" Eiko said and sprinted away.

"Ugg," Sean said as he started to run. He hated running, but he knew what would happen if he was late for the duel. Disqualification. No if's ands or buts about it. Sean started to catch up with Eiko.

"Good new is that you wont have any time to get bribed by anyone," Eiko said as they ran beside each other.

"Heh, what if I said I was with the C.E.O. of Kaiba corp.?" Sean asked with a demining smile.

"I already asked him, he said no," Eiko said smiling. She noticed that Sean was looking at her strangely, 'crap!' she thought to herself. 'That doesn't help that whole friends with befits thing dose it?' "Shut up," Eiko said through her teeth.

"Ha ha! This is rich! Seto Kaiba, one of the most world renound duelists in the world, sleeping with- hey were are you?" he asked as Eiko's speed increased. 'Damn it she's fast!' he thought to himself as he hurried to catch up with her.

"Alright everyone! It's the final stretch of the tournament! And we have Eiko Tsubaki agents Sean Jones!" the announcer yelled, a wave of cheers following. Eiko turned to see Yugi and his friends, they hade mover from the stands to the balcony for spectators.

"To get a good look," Jonouchi had said, "we don't want to miss a thing."

"Wow, this is Eiko's first tournament, and she's in the finals!" Anzu said. "I knew she was good but this is great!"

"Well, well, well, would you look at this…" 'I know that voice' Yugi thought to himself, he turned to the sound of the voice.

"Bandit Keith!" Yugi exclaimed.

"Who #%$ else?"'

"What are you doing here you creep?" Jonouchi said razing his fists.

"The same thing that you four are doing, watching a duel. It seems pretty $3% obvious" Keith said with a grin.

"We mean why are you in Japan at the Kaiba corp. tournament?" Honda clarified.

"What? An uncle can't come to see his nephew duel?" Keith said leaning over the balcony.

"Wait, that Jones kid is your nephew?" Jonouchi exclaimed.

"No that brunet chick is, who else?" Keith said pointing towards Eiko. 'I didn't know that Keith had siblings, let alone a nephew,' Yugi thought to himself. 'Keith is a card professor, the best in America. Without a doubt he has taught Sean a thing or two.' Jonouchi thought about how Keith had almost beaten him the Duelist Kingdome, 'if that guy is Keith's nephew… Eiko, good luck… your going to need it.'

"Ready! Duel!" the announcer yelled giving the two the que to begin.

Eiko and Sean were tied with 1000 life points. Eiko had one card in face down defense mode; Sean had 'The 13th Grave' in attack mode.

"I attack with 'The 13th Grave!" Sean exclaimed as his monster advanced to Eiko's monster.

"Sorry Sean," Eiko said looking him in the eye, "but my face down monster is 'Marshmallon' which means that you lose 1000 life points." 'What?' Sean thought to himself, 'crap! I forgot about that card!' his life points dropped to zero. When the holograms diapered Eiko walked over to Sean,

"It was a great duel Sean," Eiko said smiling, "you were a great opponent."

"Shut up!" he yelled, he jabbed her in the stomached. Eiko dropped to the ground, 'crap, not there, not now…' the crowed was in shock,

"That bastard!" Jonouchi yelled he hopped down from the balcony on to the dueling field.

"Jonouchi wait!" Yugi exclaimed he ran in the direction of the stairs.

"Ha, ha-has" Sean laughed, "you fall so easily Eiko Tsubaki!" he yelled in her face. Suddenly a whistle blew Kaiba corp. guards grabbed Sean.

"Attacking another duelist is agents the official Kaiba corp. rules!" Mokuba exclaimed holding a whisle in his hands. He then noticed Eiko, "Eiko are you-" he was interrupted by Eikos coughing. Her had been to her mouth, when she pulled it away there was a small pool of blood on it.

"Mokuba…" she said weekly, "he got me," Mokubas eyes widened.

"Somebody get a stretcher!" her yelled over his shoulder.

"Eiko!" Jonouchi yelled he was running towards her with Yugi and his friends at his heels. "Eiko what the heck happened?" then the stretcher arrived.

"Mokuba I think that's a bit much, I mean she just got a little roughed up" Honda commented. Mokuba looked at them,

"She didn't tell you did she?" he asked still looking at the group.

"Tell us what?" Anzu asked with a confused look. Mokuba looked down,

"I really shouldn't tell you, Eiko should be the one too..."

"I think in this situation its best for you to tell us," Mokuba looked at them his eyes had a sad look in them, an eternal sadness that would never go away.

"When Eiko was little, " he started to say, "She was hit by a car." Everyone was silent shocked at the new, true or not, that was given to them. "And she has a spot, on her stomach, and if its hit…" Mokuba didn't kneed to continue everyone knew what had happened. But they didn't know what to do.

It was a warm and sunny day with a slight breeze that kept everyone cool. Eiko and her sister Hiro were in a market, looking for their older brother,

"Ugg, were the heck is he? Mom and dad will be wondering were we are." Hiro said looking through the crowd. Hiro didn't look like Eiko; she had blond hair and green eyes.

"Oh Hiro, looking for someone?" Mrs. Toro, a seller, asked.

"Yah, have you seen, Akio? We've been looking for him everywhere."

Hiro asked

"Oh yes, I saw him go to-" Eiko wasn't listening she looked around the market, there were so many unfamiliar faces, and one that was.

"Nesama!" Eiko said happily running across the street to see her brother. She could recognize her brother anywhere; he had black, wispy hair and the same green eyes as Hiro. He brother turned around,

"Eiko!" he yelled, across the street Hiro relisted that Eiko wasn't beside her anymore.

"Eiko!" she yelled into the street. Eiko slowed confused, 'why are they calling me?' she thought.

"Eiko!" her sibling yelled at the same time. Eiko then saw it, a car racing towards her. Darkness, pick black darkness.

- "Eiko? Eeeeikoooooo?" a familiar voice cooed.

"Stop it you idiot!" a more feminine voice said. Eiko eyes opened, she saw Jonouchi staring down at her.

"Hay she's awake!" Jonoichi said happily, "see Anzu, I could be a doctor."

"Sigh," Anzu breathed looking down.

"What… happened?" Eiko asked wearily,

"That jerk Sean is what happened," Jonouchi said his eyes getting serous.

"Oh yah, now I remember," Eiko said placing her hand on her forehead. "That was a mess… hay were is Yugi and Honda?"

"Over here," Yugi said, Eiko sat up to see Yugi and Honda standing by the door. "Um, Eiko?" Yugi asked looking down slightly, "Mokuba said that when you were young…"

"I was hit by a car," Eiko said finishing his sentence. It wasn't a question, what else could Mokuba be talking about?

"Yah… so I guess its true."

"Sigh, yah its true" Eiko said looking at her friends, "when I was five I was hit by a car…" Anzu covered her mouth her hands in shock, the boys just stared at Eiko with wide eyes. "I was in a coma for about six months, and in physical therapy for five months" Eiko continued looking down. "But as you can see," she said looking up at her friends, "I've made a full recovery with barley any problems. I live normal life, I did gymnastics from elementary school to high school, which the doctors said helps. To me, its as if the accident didn't even happen." The room fell silent, everyone looked at Eiko with a look of worry. "Guys don't look at me like that. I hate it when people look at me like that."

"But, you where hurt…" Honda started to say.

"Where being the key word," Eiko said looking at him, "but I'm fine now." They still looked at her. "God you guys remind me of my brother!" Eiko said bringing her hand to her forehead, "He always looks at me like that! This is why I didn't want to tell you guys, every time I do people treat me differently, they act like I'm sick with some deadly disease or something. But I'm fine!" Yugi walked over to Eiko's bed,

"We're sorry Eiko, this is just a big shock to us," he explained.

"Yeah for the last few weeks you've been caring boxes half your weight, we wouldn't of guessed that you had been fatally wounded when you were a kid" Honda said smiling.

"If it's any consolation," Jonouchi started to say, "my sister has an eye problem. She had to go through surgery so she wouldn't go blind, that's why I entered Duelist Kingdome! So I could pay for it."

"Eiko we promise, we wont treat you any differently then we would anyone else," Anzu said stepping forward, "if that's what you want." Eiko smiled, she then nodded,

"I would really like that."

"Um, Miss Tsubaki," a women in a white coat said peering in. "before we release you we would like to run some test."

"You guys should probably go," Eiko said looking up at her friends.

"Are you sure you don't want us to stay?" Jonouchi asked.

"Yeah, trust me these tests can take awhile. Plus you guys would just be waiting outside in the hallway."

"We only allow doctors and patients in the room for tests, occasionally family." The doctor explained

"Well, I guess we'll see you tomorrow Eiko," Jonouchi said. 'I hope so,' Eiko thought, 'I don't know if these guys will let me go.' There was that one thing that neither the Kaibas nor her friends knew about her.

Mokuba opened the door to the Kaiba corp. box.

"Hay Seto," he said walking over to his brother.

"How is she Mokuba?" Seto asked looking down at his brother.

"They're running some tests but she seems fine. Hay what did you do with that Jones guy?" Mokuba said looking back up at his brother. 'I beat him so hard that he wont ever even consider hitting a woman ever again, especially Eiko.' "Um, Seto did you hear me?" Mokuba asked, "I asked what you did with Jones."

"I had security escort him out," Seto said, lying through his teeth.

"I would of beaten him to a pulp," Mokuba said. Seto chuckled; the mental picture he had of Sean Jones on the floor begging for mercy was priceless. It was almost as good as the one Seto had of Jonouchi after he had beaten him in duelist Kingdome.

"Mokuba why don't you head home, I'll finish things up here" Seto said.

"Yha sure bro?" Mokuba asked.

"Yes, I have some things to finish up anyways,"

"Ok… I guess I'll see you at home," Mokuba said heading towards the door. He looked back at his brother, 'why would he have to finish up?' Mokuba thought confused. He brushed it aside and headed to the front of the building to where his limo waited.

"I muss say Miss Tsubaki, your test are phenomenal for a girl who fainted twice in one day" The doctor said smiling.

"Thanks doc," Eiko said putting her shirt back on,

"You have some good friends Miss Tsubaki, one of them is waiting for you outside as we speak." Eiko looked a the doctor,

"Really?" she asked, "I told them that it was better for them to leave."

"This one wasn't in the room when you said that, the tall one with the brown hair," she said smiling. 'Tall? Brown hair?' Eiko thought about those characteristics for a second, 'wait, it couldn't be…' "Your free to go Miss Tsubaki, just be a bit careful. Your still abut sensitive in that one area."

"Thanks, I'm going to go see my friend," Eiko said walking towards the door. Eiko turned a corner, "I thought it might be you." Eiko said looking at Seto, who was leaning against the wall.

"What gave it away?" he asked with a sly look, walking over to Eiko.

"She said he was wearing a ridiculous outfit with a white trench coat," Eiko said looking up at Seto.

"What?" Seto said taking an offence to her comment,

"You know I'm joking right?"

"Are you really?" Seto said.

"You're the one that can read minds, not me," Eiko said skipping over to his opposite side.

"So is there a reason that you decided to wait for me?" she asked, crossing her arms behind her back.

"I decided to walk you home," Seto said turning to face her,

"Really?" Eiko asked looking at Seto strangely.

"It's kind of an apology for letting phsychos enter my tournament," Seto said jokingly.

"Well it's about time! Maybe you should have the contestants go through a physiological test," Eiko suggested.

"Yes but then you would have been disqualified," Seto said looking at her. Eiko stuck out her tong in reply, Seto laughed and rapped his arm around Eiko's shoulders. "Come on, its getting late," Seto said as he escorted her out of the building.

"So on a scale from one to ten, how hard was it to beat Sean Jones in a fight?" Eiko asked as she and Seto entered her apartment building. By accident Seto had slipped that he had beaten up Sean, and Eiko couldn't be happier.

"Hmm, four? Maybe five…"

"Really? For a guy who hits hard you thing he would be a bit harder to beat" Eiko said.

"I think you're just really weak- ow!" Seto said rubbing his arm, "you hit me in the same place as you did last time!"

"Isn't that kind of the point?" Eiko said. So far she had landed three punched on Seto, and they weren't exactly soft. They reached the door to her apartment. "Seto," Eiko said turning to look at him, "thanks again, for bringing me home. You really didn't have to do that."

"Actually I did," Seto said looking down.

"Look Seto it wasn't your fault that the guys I went up agents were insane, you didn't know."

"No it wasn't that," Seto said looking at Eiko, "it was more that I was, worried."

"Worried?" Eiko asked,

"About you," Seto said lifting her chin in his hands. Eiko could feel the heat rising to her checks as she blushed. Seto leaned in, kissing her forehead lightly. Eiko closed her eyes, thinking about nothing but her and Seto. Seto pulled away, he looked at Eiko, "I kneed to go home, goodnight," he said as he turned to walk away.

"Wait Seto!" Eiko exclaimed Seto turned to look at her. Suddenly she grabbed the color of his coat pulling him in to her lips. She held on to him, not letting him go. When she finally did Seto had a look of shock on his face. "Good night!" she said as she entered her apartment. She quickly closed the door behind her; she leaned back onto the door. 'Yes…' she thought to herself letter her head fall back. She looked at the white rose that Seto had given her awhile back. She smiled, 'me and Seto, who would of thought.'

Aoi: so if your wondering about the whole #%$ stuff, its because in the manga Keith often cusses. But because the manga is rated T for teen, they have to sensor it. And that's exactly haw they did it! Now you might think, 'but didn't Bandit Keith essentially die in the manga?' ok well not to spoil it for you, (even though its fairy obvious) Keith comes back in Yu-Gi-OhR. Since Yu-Gi-OhR takes place after battle city, and my story takes place after millennium word it is possible for him to show up. However I don't know if Keith has any family so Sean Jones is a character of my creation.