Time: 10:03 PM

Place: house of Aoi

Aoi: wow that was a fun party! …. I have to write a chapter don't I?

Aika: Yes, yes you do.

Aoi: how did you get into my house?

Aoi: well here it is the new chapter for 'dragon tamer and the goddess.' Enjoy!

Eiko stood behind the counter, thinking about what had happened the night before. 'I kissed Seto,' she thought to herself. While it had been the height of the night (even more than winning the tournament) Seto's word echoed in her head.

"Have you forgotten that that was over six years ago?" "Why are you sticking around?"

Was that still true? Did he still feel that way? He had walked her home and kissed her on the forehead, but… suddenly the door to the shop swung open.

"Welcome to the kame game shop! How may I help you?" Eiko said smiling.

"I hear that Yugi Mutou lives here." A blond woman in a purple top said.

"Yes he dose, are you a friend of his?" Eiko asked interested. The woman smiled.

"You could say that. Just tell him Mai is here."

"Oh, ok." Eiko said as she walked over towards the staircase that led to the Mouto's house. "Yugi!" she called up that stairs, "someone is here for you, she said her name is Mai," Eiko looked at the woman hoping for a last name.

"Kujaku, Mai Kujaku" the woman said.

"Kujaku!" she called up. "Mai?" she said looking at the woman, "I feel as though I've heard that name before. Your not that Mai from-"

"Duelist Kingdome and Battle City," she said smiling proudly.

"Mai!" Yugi yelled coming down the stairs, "is that you?"

"The one and only! How have you been doing kid?"

"Good! Man we have a lot of catching up to do" Yugi said happily.

"We sure do. For starters," Mai said leaning down, he lips by Yugi's ear. "That brunet over there, is that your girlfriend?"

"What? No!" Yugi said baking away, startled at what he had asked here. "Mai this is Eiko, she works here at the game shop"

"It's a pleasure to meat you," Eiko said bowing respectfully.

"Eiko just won the tournament that Kaiba corp. held yesterday," Yugi continued.

"Oh yah I heard about that, nice work. Sean Jones was the favorite to win in that you know." Eiko was taken aback,

"Really? But it was for people who had never competed in tournaments before." Eiko said a bit confused.

"Well that's true, but when you uncle is Bandit Keith…" Mai said. "I didn't know that guy was still alive! He wasn't in Batle City, you think a guy like him would of killed to be in a thing like that." Mai continued.

"What's so big about Battle City anyway? I mean I know people who entered were the first people to get duel disks but…" Eiko said her voice trailing off. Mai looked at Yugi as if he had committed a crime.

"You haven't shown her?" Mai said angrily, "you haven't shown her the three most powerful cards in duel monsters?"

"It never really occurred to me." Yugi said trying to defend himself.

"What are you guys talking about? Most powerful cards in duel monsters?" Eiko asked even more confused than she was before.

"The three Egyptian God cards; Osiris, Ra, and Obelisk. That's what people were competing for in Battle City." Mai explained.

"And their the most powerful cards in the game?" Eiko asked.

"Yup," Yugi said, "here let me show you." Yugi said walking to the back of the shop. He came back with a gold box with a wageta eye on it. He opened it to revile three cards. "Ositis," he said placing a red card with a winged dragon on it on the table. "Obelisk," he said placing a blue card next to Osiris, "and Ra." Yugi said doing the same with the card as he had done with the others. Eiko felt a strange connection with that card. She reached out to touch the cards but stopped herself.

"So these are the three most powerful cards in duel monsters." Eiko said it wasn't a question any good duelist could feel the power emanating from that cards.

"Yah, I fought a lot of tough opponents to get these cards. Mostly rare hunters," he said looking down at the cards.

"Rare hunters are the people who steal powerful cards right?" Eiko asked.

"Oh sure she knows about the rare hunters but not about the God cards," Mai complained. "Yah they use to steal cards from other duelists to use for themselves, used a lot of tricks to do it too" Mai said. "But most of them are gone now because their leader decided what they were doing was wrong and broke up the group."

"Marik Ishtar," Yugi said, "holder of the millennium rod."

"Well enough about all that! Its history anyway! So what's been up with you Yugi?" Mai asked. Yugi and Mai walked over to the other side of the game shop to talk. Eiko looked at the God cards, her had reached out to touch Ra.

"Ow," she muttered as soon as her hand hit the paper. She quickly drew he hand away from the table. She examined her hand; a small cut appeared on her finger. A drop of blood spilled out from it. 'How did?' she thought to herself.

"Hay Eiko!" Yugi called, "we were going to meat the gang at burger world. You want to come?"

"Sure!" she said happily. 'I need to get my mind off Seto anyway' she thought to herself.

Seto sat in his office; it had been a long boring day. Now that the tournament was over there was nothing to do, the new duel disk program wouldn't be ready for a couple of days and until then there was nothing to do. Seto leaned back and shut his eyes, an image of Eiko flashed before his eyes. He quickly sat up, 'I cant even take a rest without her invading my thoughts' Seto thought to himself. 'This is ridiculous' he thought, 'I need to talk to her.' He pressed the intercom button.

"Izawa, I kneed you to call Eiko Tsubaki immediately," Seto said.

"Ah sir I was just about to call you, it seems that Zigfried von Schroeder would like to speak with you," Izawa said. 'What? Why?' Seto thought. "Um Mr. Kaiba?"

"Put him though," Seto said.

"Yes sir." Izawa said an image appeared on his computer screen.

"Ah, Kaiba," Zigfreid said, "so good to see you."

"What the hell do you want?" Seto asked angrily.

"Kaiba, is that anyway to talk to an old friend?" Zigfreid asked

"You accused me of steeling your idea, you tried to destroy my company with a virus, and make a mockery of me and my company all in one day" Seto said giving Zigfreid an angry look.

"Ok so maybe friends is a strong word," Zigfreid admitted "but we have known each other for quite awhile Kaiba even you can not deny that. "

"I say again, what the hell do you want?"

"I have a bit of a bone to pick with you Kaiba, you see I am opening a headquarters in Domino city in a few weeks," Zigfreid explained. Seto smiled,

"I'm surprised that your company still makes enough money to even pay for the plane ticket to Japan."

"You see I want it open with a bang," Zigfreid continued ignoring Seto's comment. "And I decided that the best way to do that is to have a rematch with you Kaiba."

"Why so I can beat you again?" Seto asked.

"Don't be fooled Kaiba, both me and my deck have changed quite a bit since the last time I saw you. Who knows I might just beat you."

"Why should I agree to this anyway? What do I gain from dueling a lowlife like you?" Seto asked.

"Its not what you gain Kaiba, its what you will lose if you decline" Zigfreid said smiling. "Lets face it Kaiba, we both know that if word gets out that you declined to duel with a competing company's CEO, your company would sink like the Titanic. And of coerce with a new gaming company just around the corner its not like you will be missed much."

"What?" Seto said in a furry of anger.

"Oh please Kaiba, do you think that even if you decline I'm not going to open my new headquarters?" Seto smiled,

"And what proof do you have that this conversation even took place?" Zigfreid pointed to the bottom of the computer screen, the word 'recording' was in big red letters.

"I'll expect a call from you soon Kaiba. Or else, well I'm sure you understand." The image disappeared from the computer screen. Seto's fist clenched, 'could this day get any worse?' he asked himself.

"Mr. Kaiba," Izawa could be heard over the intercom, "Miss Breen is on the over line, she wants to speak with you." Seto slammed his head agents his desk.

"Son of a bitch,"

Eiko was walking around Domino with Mai, Jononouchi, Yugi, and the rest of the crew. They talked about old times and what they had been doing since they last saw each other. As fun as it was Eiko couldn't help but feel left out. Here were these friends who had know each other for years and been through so much together, while Eiko had only known them for about a month.

"Eiko Tsubaki?" Eiko stopped in her tracks.

"I know that voice…" she said a loud.

"What's up Eiko?" Jonouchi asked concerned.

"Nothing," she said brining her hand to her forehead, "I just thought I heard-"

"Eiko!" a high-pitched voice yelled. Suddenly a blond figure rammed into Eiko, grasping her tightly. "Oh my God Eiko! It's been so long! I missed you! Did you miss me?" 'Not really,' Eiko thought to herself.

"Sophie what are you doing here?" Eiko asked trying desperately to pry Sophie off.

"I missed Japan so much I just had to come back! So are you still dating Kaiba?" she asked.

"What? Eiko isn't dating Kaiba," Jonouchi said, the whole group was looking at the two now.

"She isn't? But I saw you two kiss," Sophie said turning towards Eiko with a confused look on her face. Everyone (except Eiko and Sophie's) mouth's dropped open.

"WHAT!" Jonouchi exclaimed looking as if he might faint.

"Do she's dating Kaiba. I got to give the guy credit I didn't think he had it in him," Mai said.

"Eiko isn't dating Kaiba," Anzu said, "are you?" Anzu asked looking at Eiko.

"Um," Eiko said looking down. 'Crap what do I say?'

"Look, Eiko wouldn't fall for a jerk like Kaiba," Jonouchi started to say, but he stopped when he saw that Eiko was giving him the motion to shut up.

"So, she isn't dating Kaiba…" Sophie said brining her finger to her lips, "so that means… I can date him!" 'Oh crap,' Eiko thought, ' Seto is screwed.' "I've got to go! I'm going to go see Kaiba! Tootles!" Sophie said walking away.

"Wait Sophie-" Eiko started to say ready to follow her.

"Just wait one moment Eiko Tsubaki!" Jonouchi called, Eiko turned all her friends were looking at her. "We have to talk."

A week passed, the day had come for Seto's duel with Zigfreid. Mokuba had invited Yugi and the gang to come watch.

"Ok, you seats are right over here," Mokuba said gesturing towards four seats in the front of the auditorium.

"Hay Mai is sitting right next to us!" Jonouchi said happily,

"So is Eiko," Mokuba said, "All the A-list gests sit here."

"Lets go Kaiba!" Sophie yelled she was in a blue and white cheerleading outfit with the letters KC scrolled across her chest.

"Well, all the A-list gests and Sophie…"

"Hay I have to use the little boys room, don't start the party without me k?" Jonouchi said and then ran off.

"He knows they'll start weather he's here or not right?" Honda asked

Jonouchi walked down the hall, on his way there he saw Seto.

"Hay Kaiba," Jonouchi said,

"What do you want you mutt?" set oaked annoyed with him already.

"I just got a quick question, did you kiss Eiko?" Jonouchi asked. Seto was taken aback; he had to work to keep his face neutral.

"Humph," he said looking at Jonouchi, "please like I would ever kiss a girl like that. She's nothing but a girl that got lucky in a tournament." Seto said he continued to walk trough the halls. He turned a corner. Eiko was leaning agents the wall looking down. She had a sad look in her eyes, "Eiko…" he said relishing she had heard what he had said. She started to walk away, "Eiko!" he called grabbing her wrist. She quickly pulled back her wrist. She looked at him, not saying anything. The look had pain, anger, hatred, and Seto knew that he had caused all those feelings. Eiko walked away not looking back. "God, I'm an ass…" Seto murmured

"Yes, yes you are," Jonouchi said poking his head around the corner.

Everyone was in their seats for the duel. People could be heard talking, wondering who would win and what it would mean for them.

"Ladies and gentleman!" the announcer called, "its time for the duel!" a roar of cheers could be heard. "Today, Zigfreid von Schroeder, CEO of Schroeder Corp, will be going up agents Seto Kaiba, CEO of Kaiba Corp!"

"Go Seto!" Sophie yelled making a cheering pose.

"Um, Mokuba…" Eiko started to say.

"Please, don't say anything," Mokuba said caring his head in his hands.

"Let us begin!" the announcer yelled, "gentlemen," he said looking at the two, "duel!" and with that the duel began.

A few turns had passed, so far Seto was losing, and it was about to get worse.

"I play my card 'Ride of the Valkyrie'" Zigfreid said smiling. Three monsters appeared on the field, two destroyed Seto's defending monsters; the other landed a direct attack.

"Oh man, this looks bad, Kaiba is down to his last life points," Jonouchi said. Sophie, for the first time in the entire duel, was quiet, unsure of what to do.

"Kaiba, I expected you be more of a challenge than this," Zigfreid with a grin. "If I were you I would give up now and save yourself some dignity." Eiko suddenly stood up,

"Come on Shorty!" Eiko yelled. Seto looked at her, 'did she just call me…' "Show me what you're made of!"

"Um, Mokuba am I missing something?" Jonouchi asked.

"That was Eiko's nickname for Seto when we were kids," Mokuba explained.

"But Seto is taller than Eiko,"

"He wasn't always, he was actually pretty small as a kid compared to the others," Mokuba said. Eiko smiled at Seto, he smiled back.

"Please Zigfreid like I would ever even consider surrendering to you! It's my turn, draw!" and the duel continued

"I now summon my 'Blue Eyes White Dragon'!" Seto exclaimed, "then I use the magic card 'Polymerization' to fuse it with the two Blue Eyes in my hand! Then I play a magic card witch allows me to attack this turn. 'Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon' attack!" the dragon attacked bringing Zigfreid's life points down to zero.

"He did it! He beat Zigfreid!" Mokuba exclaimed.

"Go Kaiba!" Sophie exclaimed!

"The winner of the duel is Seto Kaiba!" the announcer called. The crowd cheered, Eiko smiled, 'I knew he could do it.'

Seto walked thought the halls, he turned a corner to see Eiko.

"Oh, Eiko. I thought everyone went home," He said looking at her.

"They did, I stayed…" she looked down. Silence. "Seto…" Eiko said, "do you like me?" she looked at him now.

"What do you mean?" Seto asked.

"I mean… even since I got here all you've done is confuse me!" she yelled at him. "First you asked me to just leave you alone! Then you waited for me when I was hurt, then you kissed me!" her head tilted down again. "Then you told Jonouchi that you would never want to kiss me… I'm so confused Seto…. Please," she looked up at him pleadingly, "just tell me." The looked at each other not exchanging any words, Eiko started to walk away,

"Wait." Seto said. Eiko turned to look at him, he suddenly grabbed her, brining her lips to his. At first Eiko didn't do anything, in shock of what was happening. Slowly she wrapped her arms around his neck, brining her closer to him. Eiko didn't know how long the kiss lasted; she wasn't really focusing on time. She was just enjoying the moment.

"Huh." A voice from across the hall said. Both Seto and Eiko pulled away. They turned to see Sophie, still in her cheerleading outfit, arms crossed. "So you two are still dating."

"Um, well…" Eiko stuttered unsure of what to say.

"Yes we are," Seto said putting his arm around Eiko's shoulder, pulling her close.

"We are?" she whispered to him.

"Yes we are," he kissed her neck to prove the point. "Is that clear enough for you?" he asked. Eiko felt her cheeks growing red.

"Oh well, I guess I cant date you now Kaiba," Sophie said, she started to walk away. "But Kaiba, it that relationship doesn't work out, I'll be waiting," she said winking at him. She then left,

"You know Seto, most guys ask a girl before they proclaimed them to be they're girlfriend," Eiko said looking up at Seto.

"Ok," he said. He lifted her up by her hips so she was in mid-air, "Eiko, will you be my girlfriend?"

"If I say no will you drop me?" she asked.

"Most likely," Seto said only half jokingly. Eiko kissed him in reply; they then walked out of the dueling arena hand in hand.

Oh, how sweet. Eiko is finally happy… a voice shrouded in darkness said. It's too bad I'll have to stop that. I mean I can't let Kaiba go off without forgetting what he has done. And her new friends too they think that they understand her pain. No one understands her pain. No one but me…. The voice lifted a red rose and sniffed it. Eiko your fate was sealed the second you touched the god cards. I can't wait for you to meat me Eiko, I really can't. The figure look at herself in the miorr, her red eyes seemed to glow in excitement, she put her short brown hair in a ponytail and looked at her heart shaped face. Mai is right I am quite cute.

Aoi: when I write for Zigfreid I have to stop myself from writing, 'insert fabulous hair flip here'. I swear he is the most fabulus person in YGO, besides Pegusus. Oh and, cliffhanger time! So may questions! Who is the figure? What dose she plan to do? Were will this story take us? Find out, next time on 'dragon tamer and the goddess'!

Director: cut! Nice Aoi,

Aoi: thanks! Should we do another take?

Director: sorry we need to shot another promo for Akai.

Aoi: but doesn't she already have like, four?

Director: face it kid Akai is gold! And you more like…

Aoi: silver?

Director: I was thinking bronze.

Aoi: …