Miya's POV

As you and Joey passed Kaiba Dome, you saw the limo pull up beside it. You glanced over as Mokuba and Aaron dashed out, followed by Seto. You wanted so badly to run over and tell him everything, be with him again.

"Mikoto?" Joey said nudging you, apparently knowing what was running through your mind.

"Yeah?"

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I just miss my family."

"I know you do. I bet being this far and yet this close sucks."

"Mhm. I hate this."

"Hey Joey!"

"Joey! What's up?"

You and Joey turned around as the two boys ran toward you.

"'Ey Mokuba, Aaron. How's it going?"

"We're gonna go play some dueling games while Seto works on duel prep for tomorrow."

"Yeah, he's been doing a lot of busy work. I could have swore that he and Miya finished that before she left for America."

You relaxed knowing that they still thought that, and they neither of them had recognized you.

"Yeah, Kaiba's a perfectionist, so that doesn't shock me."

"Heh, yeah. So who's your friend? Is she your giirrrlfriend?"

"I bet she is Mokuba." Aaron said nudging him.

"Actually no. She's just a friend. We met her today during the tournament. I was just walking her back to her hotel."

"Why?"

"After all the stuff that's happened to your sister, I'm paranoid about letting friends go anywhere alone after dark."

"Hm, good point. I'm sure Miya would say you worry too much though."

"Yeah, but guys, this is Mikoto Rosa. She's from London. Mikoto, this is Aaron Suro and Mokuba Kaiba."

"Nice to meet the two of you. And Suro you say? You wouldn't happen to be related to Miya Suro would you?"

"Yep! I'm her little brother."

"I'm very fond of your sister. Excellent duelist."

"Hell yeah she is. She's a kick ass duelist!"

"What trouble are you getting into?"

Your head shot up from the boys to meet dead on with Seto's ocean blue eyes. They were their normal harsh color, but you could see past all that. You could see the gray behind them, filled with worry.

"Hey Kaiba."

"Oh it's you Wheeler. No wonder why the boys went running."

"Yeah."

"Joey's got a girlfriend Seto!"

You, Seto and Joey all looked over at Aaron and Mokuba.

"What did I tell you two? She's not my girlfriend."

Seto crossed his arms and stared at you for a moment.

"Oh Kaiba, this is Mikoto Rosa, she's here from…"

"England. I know."

"Oh yeah, I guess you would."

"If you're insinuating I know all the duelists, you're wrong. She's the top ranked duelist right now. Even higher than Yugi."

"Just because I beat a player killer. Otherwise I'm sure Yugi would be ahead of me."

"Either way. I've upgraded you to a VIP since one hasn't shown up, and the other…had to drop."

"I'm honored Mr. Kaiba. But I…"

"Mikoto, would not a be a good idea to refuse. Kaiba's a tough one to crack, once he's made up his mind, its set."

"Wheeler's right Ms. Rosa."

You sighed and nodded.

"Alright. I'll accept your upgrade."

"I'll have your things transferred to the VIP hotel. Where are you staying?"

"Um, right down the road. That hotel there." you said pointing to the slightly run down looking one on the next street up.

"That's where you're staying? Seriously Mikoto? If I had known that, I would have just had you stay in my hotel room. Jeeze that place looks creepy!"

"Oh calm down Joey. It's not that bad."

"Get back in the limo boys. We're going to make sure they get back to the hotel."

"Sweet." they said as the ran back to the limo and jumped into the front.

"Hey um, I would go with you Mikoto, but I told the gang I'd meet them back at the restaurant." Joey said regrettably.

You looked at him like he was insane. He couldn't leave you alone with Seto, you might let something slip.

"You'll be fine. I'll meet you back at the hotel."

"Alright Joey. See you later." you waved and got into the limo with Seto.

Yet again, you were alone with him in the backseat of the limo. Although you had been like this numerous times with him, this time you weren't Miya. You were Mikoto Rosa, not his girlfriend.

Seto's POV

You stared out the window, trying not to stare at Mikoto. Something about her caught your attention and you felt at peace and not so lonely. It was like you were with Miya, which is not what you needed. You loved Miya, there was no way you were going to let some random girl ruin that. You were not going to break Miya's heart again. Especially over some girl that tinged at your interest a bit.

At the moment, you wished the boys had sat in the back seat, or even Wheeler for that matter. You needed something to get your mind off her. The limo hit a small bump in the road, causing your locket to clink against the duel disk, still attached to your arm. You grabbed it and opened it. This was what you needed. You needed Miya, and seeing her smiling face erased all thoughts about this other girl from your mind.

She quickly got out when the limo stopped at the hotel. She seemed just about as nervous as you had been moments ago.

Miya's POV

As soon as you got inside the hotel you practically threw yourself into the nearest wall. You took a deep breath and calmed yourself down. The tension in that car had been horrible. Not only could you tell he was trying to ignore you, you knew he was having a hard time with it.

Even though you were a completely different person, he was still drawn to you. He was seriously going to be pissed out if your cover got blown. You calmly went up to your room grabbed your things and purposely broke your suitcase.

You called room service and they brought you up a plain black one. You paid the maid and checked out and went back out to the limo. You kept having to slow your breathing to keep your heart from beating too fast and exploding.

You got back into the limo and leaned against the door. On the way to the VIP hotel, your hand drifted up to your mouth and leaned on it, trying to calm your nerves. You saw Seto glance over at you out of the corner of your eye.

"Something wrong Mr. Kaiba?" you said turning to look at him.

"No, it's just…my girlfriend does that when she's nervous."

"Doesn't what?"

"Sits and leans up against the door like that."

"Oh I'm sorry." you quickly shifted and changed your sitting style.

"That didn't mean you had to move."

"I know, I just don't want to make you miss her more."

"How'd you…"

"I can read people easily. I can tell you miss someone. And since Aaron and his friend kept talking about Miya Suro, I'm assuming she's your girlfriend."

"How'd you know she was gone though?"

"I've been in a few tournaments with her, and I have yet to cross her path while here. So again, I assume she is the VIP that dropped from the tournament."

"Yes. She is."

"And don't worry. My lips are sealed. I hate dealing with the media, and I would never bring that upon Miya. I respect her too much."

You found it odd and a bit off having to talk about yourself in third person. Yet, you found it necessary to carry on a conversation to keep the tension to a minimum.

"So, how did you and Miya end up together?"

"Well, we went to the same school, and so did our brothers. And they both ended up getting into a fight on the first day, and we both got called in. Mokuba invited her and Aaron over…and it just kinda went from there."

"Hm, strange really. How fate works on people."

Seto looked over at you and nodded. He was starting to believe in the whole ancient lives and magic. Now whether he would openly admit that, you weren't sure if that was ever going to happen. All you knew is that you weren't going to push the subject. You were just glad he loved you for who you were, not just because your ancient lives were together.

When the limo stopped at the VIP Hotel, Seto got out on his side and quickly opened the door on your side.

"Mr. Kaiba, I can open a door myself." you said laughing a little.

"Sorry, It's habit."

"I do appreciate it though."

He simply nodded and followed you into the hotel. You gulped hard as you saw Chris pass by you. Although he had helped you save Seto from Lex, every so often you'd still have flashbacks to the attack. Not only was he somewhat of a bad memory, he could blow your cover completely out of the water.

As you walked past him, your glance shifted over to Seto who was a few steps in front of you. That's when you notice that he had tensed up and glared at Chris. You sped up to get in the elevator with him. As fate would have it, you fully took on Mikoto's clumsiness and tripped on the doors frame, causing you to fall right into Seto.

You closed your eyes tightly knowing you were just inches from his face. You were screaming at yourself mentally. If you had seen any woman do this, you probably would have jumped to the conclusion that she was flirting. And to Seto, that's probably what it seemed like. In a way, you were unintentionally testing his faith, and you hated it.

"Are you alright Mikoto?"

"Yes Mr. Kaiba. Pardon my klutziness."

You pushed yourself away quickly when the door binged, signaling you were at your floor.

"Here's your room key. Have a good evening Ms. Rosa."

"You too S…Mr. Kaiba."

FF Next day 10:30 AM

Joey's POV

You had met up with Miya in the lobby of the hotel this morning, and so far she'd won every duel, and only needed one more to be qualified for the finals. Yugi was two duels away, and so were you.

"Man, this is gonna take forever. I've hardly seen any more duelists!"

"We're bound to run into someone sooner or later Joey."

"Mikoto's right, Kaiba has it set up perfectly so that only 8 will get into the finals and with 15 wins."

You shrugged, you didn't care what Kaiba did, you just wanted to find two more duelists and kick some butt. You wanted in the finals.

"Mikoto! I challenge you to a duel!"

Everyone spun around on their heels to face the voice. It was a tall, slender man with neon blue hair.

"Sure thing Bastian."

You and the gang stepped back a ways to watch the duel. Whoever this guy was, he looked pretty ticked off and determined to beat her.

"Duel!"

You flinched from the tension and anger in both their words. They had defiantly met before this tournament, and apparently there had been some bad blood.

"I'll go first! I summon Blue Flame Swordsman (1800/1600) in attack mode!"

Miya's POV

You hadn't seen Bastian in close to 4 years, so you figured that it was someone else he was pissed at. You had never played as Mikoto before while around him.

"I place this card face down and play Molten Destruction. This field card increases my Fire attribute monsters attack points by 500!"

"Yes, but it also lowers their defence by 400."

BFS:2300/1200

"I end."

You were hoping this duel would end quickly, from what you had learned from other duels with Bastian; the more time he had, the harder he was to beat.

" I summon a monster in defense mode and play a card face down."

You had drawn your twin goddesses, now all you had to do was figure out a way to summon them both to the field as quickly as possible.

"Ha! Swordsman, attack her defense monster!"

"Activate Nightmare Mirror!"

"Huh? What does that do!"

"This card negates your attack and you loose 1000 life points. In turn for this, I must discard one card from my hand."

Bastian:3000

"I end."

You nodded, you were hoping he'd end. You drew a card, it was the perfect one you needed.

"I sacrifice my defense monster to summon my Lilith: Goddess of Darkness(2400/1800) in attack mode. Luckily for you, I cannot attack this turn."

By now, Bastian was starting to seem a bit nervous, and it was only your second turn.

"I summon this in defense mode and place another card face down."

Seto's POV

You had qualified for finals within a few hours after you started dueling this morning, so now you were sitting in your office at Kaiba Dome watching the other duels. You had set up cameras all over the city, so you could see just about every duel that was happening. You flipped to the only active duel, and it showed only one of the participants, the other was too far out of the viewing range.

Currently this guy was down 1000 life points, and was looking pretty scared. You could see the monster he was up against. It was one you had never seen before.

"You ready to go home and cry to Mommy, Bastian?"

"Hah…Like I would. You won't beat me!"

"Hmph, we'll see about that. I place this card face down and end."

You looked just as puzzled as the man in the duel. His opponent hadn't attacked, and their monster had higher attack points than his monster. Apparently, they had something else planned or were scared of his face down card.

"You should have attacked when you had the chance, I play Rain of Fire! This magic card destroys all cards on your side of the field for a cost of 1500 life points.

Bastian:1500

"Good try Bastian. I play Cry of the Heavens! This card protects all cards with the name Goddess in them from all effects of spell or trap cards. You spent your life points for nothing."

You leaned back in your chair, this duelist had some fairly rare cards, and they were awesome for fairy types.

"My move Bastian. Since you are now under 2000 life points, I can activate my face down card. Goddess Assembly! When I have Lilith on the field and this card is activated I can summon her counterpart from my deck for a cost of 1000 life points and discarding two cards."