Seto's POV

You reached over and took her hand and waited for her attention to turn to the water again. As soon as it was, you slipped the ring on her finger. Her attention quickly transferred back to you, then to her hand.

"Seto?"

"I know your mother would have wanted you to wear this, even if it wasn't for your engagement. Besides, I know how much it means to you."

She stared down at her mother's engagement ring. It fit perfectly on her right ring finger. Moments later, you saw her eyes turning a bright blue.

Miya's POV

You sat there staring at the ring and then you felt millennium item's energy surging through you. The next thing you knew, the lights around you disappeared.

"Miya?"

You opened your eyes, and saw Seto leaning over you.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, what happened?"

"Not sure. All I know is that we're in some cemetery."

"Cemetery?"

You sat up and looked around. Seto was right, you both were sitting in the middle of a snow covered cemetery. You saw two mausoleums down the road a ways, and you recognized one right away.

"This is where my parents are buried." Seto said helping you up to your feet.

"What?" you said staring at him in shock.

"The mausoleum down there, one the left. My parents are buried there."

"Wow, this is creepy."

"What? Why's that?"

"The one next to it? My parents are buried there. You can see the rose emblem from here."

Seto and you stared at each other oddly for a moment before taking your first steps toward the end of the road. As you got closer, you felt his hand grab yours, and you gripped it tightly.

The entire way down the lane, which seemed to never get any shorter, you were questioning why your item had brought you here. Wasn't it odd enough that you and Seto had both lost your parents, you both had the same retina pattern, and now your parents were buried in the same cemetery. Not to mention, they were right next to each other.

Finally, you stopped at the entrance to your parents mausoleum. You had not been here in close to five years.

"This is just…extremely odd."

"Why's that Seto?"

"Well, aside from the obvious of just being randomly shown this? This cemetery is about 10 miles away from the restaurant."

"Really?"

"Mhm."

"Miya? Is that you?"

You quickly turned away from Seto, and towards the voice.

"Miya? What's wrong?"

"Did you just hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"It…It sounded like my mother."

"Miya, honey. It's me."

This time, Seto seemed to hear it too and tightened his grip on your hand. Your eyes drifted up to the rose emblem on the inside, then you saw a shimmery image appear before your eyes.

"Miya…are those…"

"My parents…"

Less than 5 feet away from you stood shadowy images of your mother and father, just as they were before the accident.

"Mom? Dad?"

"Miya, we've come to warn you." your father's voice rang against the marble.

"You must not participate in the tournament. There will be ancient evils at work that will be trying to destroy you and gain the powers entrusted to you."

Seto's POV

You weren't sure what to be thinking. You didn't exactly believe in the powers of the ancient culture that Miya and Yugi seemed to be tied to. You had once before seen your ancient life with Miya, when you dueled her when you first met. Now, it was that same feeling, but with her parents.

You let go of her hand, wanting to let her have alone time with her parents; truly ghosts or just a figment of imagination. Either way, they were her parents. You stepped back and walked over to your parents burial spot. The marble on the inside was beginning to crack and chip, caused by years of neglect.

Feeling the emptiness of their tomb, echoed what you had felt inside for so long since their deaths. Luckily, Miya had come along and helped fill in that emptiness in your heart.

"Seto…"

You stopped breathing for a moment when you heard your mothers voice echo in your ears. Although you had not heard that voice since you were 12 or 13, you would have known it anywhere.

"Mom?"

You jumped slightly when you felt a hand rest on your shoulder.

Miya's POV

You opened your eyes, and felt the cold wind off the lake. You shivered slightly and looked around. Had you just completely dreamed what had just happened. When your eyes met Seto's, you knew it hadn't been just you. He was looking as lost as you were.

"Miya? You okay?"

"Yeah, you?"

"I'm fine. Just confused."

"Yeah me too. But…I just don't really understand why that just happened."

"Me neither, but I don't see why she had to warn you. You're not participating in the tournament, we've already discussed that."

"Yeah, about that. I think, during the tournament I might go and spend some time with Ali and the family over in America."

"That would probably be a good idea. That way I know your safe, and you'll be far away from anything that goes wrong at the tournament."

"I'll call and arrange that when we get home."

The conversation dropped when the waitress brought you your food. You hadn't realized how hungry you were until you took the first bite. You had forgotten that you hadn't eaten since breakfast that morning, and it was now close to 6 p.m.

FF Back At Kaiba Manor 11 P.M.

Miya's POV

After dinner, you and Seto had decided to go for a drive around the back roads, even pasted the house they used to live in. After getting lost a couple times, you finally got back into Domino around 10:30.

"Welcome back. Did you two enjoy your evening?"

"Yes Rene, thank you." you said as Seto took your coat from you.

"The boys are upstairs asleep. They've been running around and tuckered themselves out I suppose."

"Thanks for watching them Rene. Seto, I'm gonna head up and check on them."

You slipped your shoes off and set them at the bottom of the stairs and then ran upstairs. The door to the boys' room was left ajar and you could hear that the television was still on. You stuck your head in, and sure enough they were passed out. Mokuba was hanging halfway off the bed and Aaron was on the floor next to his bed.

You carefully got Mokuba all the way into bed, covered him up and then moved on to Aaron. Instead of putting him in bed, you grabbed the few blankets off his bed and covered him with them, tossing a pillow next to him as well.

"Wow, they really must have been tired."

You quietly closed the door and nodded. Truth be told, you were exhausted as well. You yawned as you opened your bedroom door and flipped the light on.

"You going to bed?"

"Yeah, and you better be heading there soon Seto. You've got that tournament announcement tomorrow."

"I will after I wash this dye out of my hair."

"Good night Seto. I had a blast tonight."

"I'm glad to hear that."

He grabbed your hand as you turned to step in your room and pulled you close.

"Yes?"

"Love you Miya."

"Love you too."

You kissed him quickly then shut your door. You were so tired you didn't even want to change into your pajamas. You flopped down on your bed and quickly passed out.

FF After School; Friday Dec 18th

Joey's POV

Miya hadn't been at school all week, and it was beginning to worry you. Luckily, she had come to school today, you just hadn't had the time to talk to her. As the bell rang for the last class of the day, you spotted her at her locker and made a run for it.

As if your day hadn't been going bad enough, you slipped on a puddle of water and slid right into her, knocking the both of you to the ground.

"Joey? Hey! What's up?" she said trying not to bust up laughing.

You quickly got up and held out a hand for her. When she got up, she brushed off her jacket and then yours.

"Miya, I. I wanted to say sorry for what I said the other day. I've been trying to talk to you but you haven't been here, and you left your phone at my house and…and."

"So that's where I left it. But Joey, slow down and take a breath. I'm not mad or anything. I know it was a misunderstanding and I can see how you jumped to the conclusion you did. It's okay."

"So we're good?"

"Duh. Of course we are. You're like my best friend, how could we not be good?"

"Heh, thanks Miya."

"No prob, Joey. Just next time, be sure to talk to me first Kay?"

"Sure, no problem with that. So are you joining Kaiba's tournament?"

Miya shook her head, which shocked you slightly.

"I don't need something happening and get hurt again. Especially if I make it to finals and my name is publicly announced. I'd be a sitting duck for the murderous fan girls."

"Hm, good point."

"How bout you Joey?"

"I got a VIP invite. Which I found odd."

"The duelists with the highest chance of getting into the finals were set personalized invites as VIPs."

"That's awesome. Guess Kaiba doesn't mind me being in his tournament?"

'I guess not. But hey, I'll be cheering you on from America."

"Why America? Why are you going there?"

"Just think it'll be safer if anything does happen to go wrong, Seto doesn't want me getting hurt."

"Guess he does have a good head on his shoulders with some sense. I would have suggested the same thing if I had thought of it."

"Hah, yeah. I'll be sure to call when Seto sends me the list of finalists, wish you luck in the finals."

"So when are you leaving?"

"Tonight, since the tournament starts in the morning."

"Well in that case, we'll have to hang out after you get back. Haven't seen much of you here recently."

"Yeah, been busy with the tournament and making plans to go to America for that week or so."

"Oh, well before you go, you should stop by and get your things. Don't need you going to America without your phone or your other stuff."

"Yeah, I might need the passport. Mind if drove you home and picked it up?" "Of course not. Your cars sweet."

"Well then, come on."

You followed Miya out to her car in the back row of the parking lot. As soon as you got in and put your seatbelt on, she revved up the engine and tore out of the parking lot. You'd forgotten how crazy of a driver she was. In less than ten minutes, she was parking in front of your house.

"Is Serenity home yet?"

"I don't think so. I think her and Tristan are hanging out after school."

"I'm glad they're still together and that we haven't had to beat Tristan's ass for anything yet."

"Yeah, tell me about it."

She cut the engine and followed you upstairs.

"Miya! It's so nice to see you!"

"Hey Jamie! How are you?"

You still found it hilarious that your mom loved Miya just like she was her own daughter.

"What are you doing here dear? School project?"

"No, I just came by to pick up a few things I left here when I moved…oh and my phone that I left here a few days ago."

"Oh, do you want to stay for dinner?"

"No sorry, I've got a flight to catch tonight. Going to spend some time with my friend Ali in America over the winter break."

"Oh well be safe and have fun. You'd better take pictures!"

Miya smiled and followed you back to your room. You handed her the box and her phone. She stared down at them for a moment and then plopped down on your bed.

"Something wrong Miya?"

"I…I can't stand it."

"Huh?"

"You know how I said I was leaving the country during the tournament? I lied."

FF 1 HourMiya's POV

You quickly drove back to the manor and began packing for your trip. You couldn't believe you had really just told Joey. If Seto found out, he'd be pissed, especially since you told Joey of all people. You hadn't even told Ali, but then if Seto tried to calling you, you'd have your cell phone. All you had to go was send a virus into the tracking device on your phone, making it say you were in America.

"When's your flight?"

You turned quickly to see Seto walking in the room, carrying a trench coat on his arm. It was the black on you and boys had gotten him for his birthday.

"In 2 hours. I'll be landing at around 11 am tomorrow."

"You be sure to call me as soon as you land okay?"

Seto sat next to your suitcase on the bed, staring down at it.

"You don't want me to go do you?" you asked sitting next to him.

"Of course I don't. You're going to be half a world away from here, and I don't know if I'll…"

"Seto, we both agreed it would be for the best that I was as far from this tournament as possible."

"I know but…"

"Seto, stop worrying. I'll be fine. I'll be in a lot less danger with Ali than I would be here."

He sighed and hung his head slightly. It pained you to have to lie to him, but at least this way he would focus on his tournament instead of worrying about you.

"Well, I'd better finish packing and have Rene take me to the airport."

"I can take you Miya…"

"No Seto you can't. You're tournament starts the same time my plane leaves, you can't be both places at the same time."

You stood and there threw your light jacket in your suitcase, then zipped it closed. You sighed as Seto stood up and pulled you into a hug. This felt different then every other embrace, it was tense with worry.

"I love you Miya. Be safe."

"Love you too Seto. Now you'd better go and kick some ass. I'll be cheering for you from Ali's."

He tilted your head up and pressed his lips to yours. You broke it a moment later and smiled.

"I'll call you when I get in."

Rene came in the room and motioned for you to follow her. You grabbed your suitcase and went down to your car and put it in the trunk. You got in the front seat, Rene in the passenger side.

"Ms, thank you for letting me in on your plan. Although, are you sure this is a good idea?"

"I'm not sure Rene. But I have the feeling I need to be here. This is the only way I can be here without Seto being too worried."

"I know, but I just hope things go smoothly and this was all for naught."

"Same here. Now Rene, we're going to stop here, and you can drive the car back. I can't have you getting fired for knowing too much if Seto finds out about this."

"You be safe Miya. I'll take care of the boys."

"Thanks Rene."

You pulled into a parking lot, and programmed Rene into your computer system. After making sure Rene was ready, you got your suitcase out of your trunk and began walking. You made your way through a number of side streets, so that way you knew Rene wasn't following you.

You arrived at the hotel nearest the kick off at Kaiba Dome. You again, knew the owner and were able to get into a room without being caught on a video camera. Once you got into your room you dug to the bottom of the suitcase and pulled out your disguise.

You went into the bathroom and quickly dyed your hair a dark black color and clipped it up into a short style. Next, you used a temporary bleach to lighten your skin tone. To hide your uncommon ice blue eyes, you wore very dark purple contacts.

Your wardrobe would consist of mainly black and dark colored clothing. Today you would were black jeans and a dark red, long sleeved shirt. Over that, you were going to wear a black, pull over sweatshirt with zips that showed bits of the red shirt underneath.

You grabbed your blank duel disk from your suitcase and quickly designed one that reflected your most powerful monster that you could use; Red Rose Dragon. It was black metal with dark red accents with bright red roses on each of the card place holders.

Grabbing your registration card with the name Mikoto Rosa on it , you strapped on the duel disk and headed out to Kaiba Dome.