Seto's POV
You first called her cell phone and she didn't answer. Even hearing her voice on her voicemail helped a bit. You then remembered that you had Ali's cell phone number.
"Hello?"
"Ali? It's Kaiba."
"Oh hey Kaiba, what's with the down sounding? Oh my god did something happen to Miya?"
"How would I know, she's with…" you stopped mid sentence. "She's not with you?"
"No, why would she be here?"
"She told me she was going to spend time with you during the tournament."
"Oh boy…she's up to something then. And oh foo…If I just blew it she's gonna kill me."
"Ali, she won't kill you. But do you have any idea where she might be?"
"I have no idea. But why would she be coming here during a tournament? That doesn't sound like Miya at all."
"Mikoto…" you whispered to yourself.
"Mikoto? Is that what you just said?"
"Yeah."
"I'd check her out a bit. I know she's a common alias for those working for Lex."
"Thanks Ali."
"No prob. Just make sure she's safe."
You hung up the phone and dialed Miya's again. Voicemail. You nearly threw open your laptop and began tracking Miya's cell phone. It still said she was in America, with Ali.
"May I suggest something Mr. Kaiba?"
"What is it Veronica?"
"Maybe someone hacked the locator with a virus and programmed it to read that location?"
"Run a anti virus hack on her cell phone. If Lex is part of this, god knows where she really is."
"I'm not so sure about the Lex part."
"Who else could it be Veronica?"
"Miya."
"Why the hell would Miya do something like this?"
"Well, you did seem pretty worried when you thought about her competing. Maybe she entered under a false alias to duel but keep you from worrying. And don't even look at me like that. You know that could very well be true."
You leaned back in your chair and ran your hand through your hair waiting for the hack to undo the virus.
"Veronica…Would she really do something like that?"
"You know her better than I do. But I would say yes. You both tend to be willing to play as someone else to keep the other from worrying or getting hurt."
You weren't sure what to think at the moment. For one, if Miya was really in the tournament that meant she was safe. But if that wasn't her, then you had no idea where she was.
"Virus destroyed, original files restored. Scanning files now."
The files opened in a folder, one marked GPS. You opened it with hesitation and let out a sigh when you saw the results. She was here in Japan. Here at the tournament.
"See. I told you so."
"Veronica…Why would she…"
"Like I said. She really wanted to be in this tournament, not for the glory but for the fun of it. But she didn't want you to be worried about, and I know you would have been. Almost to the point where you would have had a hard time dueling, especially if it comes down to you two dueling each other."
Again, you sighed knowing this was true. Miya was an exceptional duelist and would defiantly make it past the semi finals and maybe even take on Yugi for the title. You then began to laugh at yourself.
"What's so funny Seto?"
"Veronica, she's Mikoto. Ever since I met her, she's been driving me crazy and it was irritating. I was betraying Miya's love and it was killing me. And turns out, it was like meeting Miya all over again, just in a different body."
"Well, that shows that you love her for her personality and not her looks. Oh and seems like she's fairing well in her duel."
"Damn it!"
You grabbed your trench coat and rushed down to the desert arena. Since the last time the ocean arena on the fritz, the duel this time was being held in a much dryer climate.
"Duel stats?" you asked threw the microphone in your trench coat collar.
"Nicholas: 3100 life points. Miya: 1900. She currently has no monsters in play and a card face down. Nicholas has one Dark Magician in attack mode and has just finished his turn."
"No, that damned Senora."
Miya's POV
Nick:3100 Miya:1900
You were completely defenseless against his Dark Magician, and all you had was a card face down. Thankfully, it was your turn now. You closed your eyes and drew, if this wasn't the card you needed, you were done for.
-Huh? My god card? How did that get into my deck?-
Isis: The Nile Guardian, she was suppose to be locked up in your room, not in your deck. If Isis was in here, maybe Kisara was too.
-If I can summon Kisara or Isis, I can win this duel.-
"I play the card Pot of Greed, now I can draw two new cards from my deck."
You drew the perfect card to stall Nicholas for a while. It was the same card that you had used against your brother in your last duel.
"I play the magic card Eternal Spellbinding Circle, this card freezes your monster until its destroyed."
"Ha! You're stalling for time again Mikoto, and it won't do you any good. Too bad hot stuff."
"Like I said before, Don't get too far ahead of yourself Nicholas. I will beat you."
You placed a card face down and ended your turn.
"Hm, I play a monster in defense mode than end my turn. You're move sweet cheeks."
"Keep it in your pants Senora. I play Call of Dragons. This magic card allows me to summon a dragon card for every 500 life points I give up. I summon Red Eyes Black Dragon(2400 atk), Bronze Dragon(1800 atk) and my Blaze Dragon(1900 atk) in attack mode!
Miya: 400
You had to make it one last turn. Next turn you'd be able to summon Isis and destroy the rest of his life points in a single attack.
Seto's POV
When you finally got to the arena Miya wasn't looking so bad after all. Somehow in the three minutes it had taken you to get there, she had summoned three monsters but she was now down to a mere 400 life points and none of them were strong enough to destroy Nicholas' Dark Magician . Luckily, she had frozen Nicholas' monster with her spellbinding circle.
"Jeeze Kaiba, didn't think you were coming." Joey said, glaring at you.
"I had to fix a few things."
"Something major? You look like you ran here."
"Mind your own business Wheeler." you snapped. You didn't know if anyone else knew and didn't want to cause a scene if they didn't. You watched Miya aka Mikoto very carefully. You were slapping yourself mentally for not realizing the similarities. She even stood the same way Miya did when she dueled.
"Something wrong bro?"
"No Mokuba, why do you ask?"
"Um, no reason. Just wondering."
For a few minute, you lost sight of Miya due to a small sandstorm that ran threw the middle of the duel. When the air cleared, Nicholas was standing there in shock. His Dark Magician was no where to be seen, and where her three monsters had once stood, now stood her God card.
"What is that thing? I have never seen a card like that before!"
"Well Nicholas, this here is Isis: Guardian of the Nile. Say hello to her 5000 atk points, and hope you didn't miss the chance to say goodbye to your life points before she wiped them out."
"What? Oh god! I lost!"
"I guess Isis was too much for your Dark Magician to handle. Better luck next time Nicholas, just be lucky I finished you off quickly."
Nicholas stared down at his duel disk in disbelief. He couldn't comprehend what had just happened. The arena's were designed to aid in the act of surprise, test the agility and strength of the mind and body. Too bad some of them were a bit too much and almost killed your girlfriend.
Roland's voice rang from behind you, up in the stands.
"Our first finalist is Mikoto Rosa!"
Everyone around you cheered, all you did was cross you arms and smirk. She would now either duel you or Yugi for the championship. Either way, she would have it a bit easier. From the looks of things, Yugi didn't know it was her either and so she wouldn't have to worry about having him take it easy on her, or be able to predict her moves.
It would be the same way with you, well would have been. Now that you knew it was really Miya, that put more stress on you. If it came down to you and her, you wouldn't be able to stop yourself from being the power hungry duelist you were when it came down to it. Inside, you knew this could end up badly if that were to happen.
Miya's POV
You breathed a sigh of relief when you stepped out of the sand and on to the hard concrete. Trying to concentrate on a duel with sand constantly blowing around in your face and cards was a pain in the ass.
When you got yourself stable, the gang glomped you. They were probably more excited about your victory that you were. Sure, you were excited but you knew that you'd have to either duel Yugi or Seto. Either duel would be difficult and a definite mental test. Seto didn't know who you were so that would be a bit easier but Yugi knew and he somewhat knew what you were capable of. With Seto you had to make sure you really kept up your act otherwise you were going to blow your cover.
-As if you summoning Isis didn't do that enough?- Kisara murmured in your head
-Yeah, I know but the last I knew he wasn't here. Maybe he won't be watching the screens and will completely miss it.-
-Good luck with that. He's standing right there and I think he saw it.-
Your eyes drifted over to where Kisara was mentally pointing, and sure enough, Seto was standing there with a smirk on his face, arms folded across his chest.
"Wow Mikoto, that was amazing! That monster just came out of no where!"
"Yeah, that was awesome! I didn't even see that coming!"
The voices of your friends were muffled by the rush of thoughts running threw your mind.
"Ms. Rosa, come with me please. You'll be staying in the private rooms until the finals. You'll have all the quiet you need to strategize and such."
"Yes, Mr. Kaiba." you said, feeling a bit numb from the built up nervousness. You knew that if he had seen your god card, you were really done for. You had seen how angry he got, even at the smallest things. Hopefully you wouldn't have to see that, especially targeted at you.
Seto's POV
You had not allowed Roland to be the one to take her up to her private room, you needed alone time to speak with her. This choice seemed to shock Roland, but that wasn't on your mind as you led her to the elevator on the other side of the arena. These private rooms had a clear view of every arena and gave duelists a heads up on the arena they might be dueling in next.
More than likely, Miya would be dueling in either the Sky Arena or Mountain Arena since that's where her room placed her view. In the mountains her dragons, if she used them would be at an advantage over her opponent's monsters. That is, if her opponent wasn't you. In the Sky arena, her fairies would have the advantage, an extreme one at that too.
"Your room is number two. It's up on the 17th floor in the Eastern wing of the level."
"Will the winner of the next duel be on this floor as well?"
"No, the winner will be on the floor below you and in a different wing. Like I said, very private. It gives you a chance to clear your head and prepare for your duel tomorrow."
"You and Yugi's duel is today?"
"Yes, in about an hour."
"Oh, well. Good luck Mr. Kaiba. I've heard Yugi's a very good duelist."
"I wouldn't need the luck if she was here." you murmured under your breath.
"Who? Miya?"
"Yes, she's kinda my good luck charm I suppose."
Miya's POV
It was still funny to hear him talk to you about yourself. Especially when it was some gushy romantic stuff, it made you laugh mentally.
"Well, I'm sure she's rooting for you from where ever she is."
Truthfully, you knew you couldn't be at the duel between him and Yugi. It would be a very tense duel and you needed to focus on your decks anyways. He lead you down the extremely long and empty hallway to a door at the end. He entered a pin quickly and opened the door, stepping aside to let you step in.
The room was pretty simple and the view was amazing. Seto stepped in behind you and then turned to leave. You knew he wasn't going to stick around since his duel with Yugi was here soon.
"Hey, Mikoto before I go…"
"Yes, Mr. Kaiba?"
You turned to face him, since it sounded like what he had to say was important. As soon as you met his eyes, his lips crashed down onto yours. You weren't sure what to do and your heart rate skyrocketed.
-Miya! What the hell are you doing?! Push him off!-
You completely ignored Kisara and kissed him back, wrapping your arms around his neck. You had forgotten everything, all you knew was that you had missed this and weren't going to push it away. He didn't let you get too into it and pushed you back, holding your shoulders in his hands, smirking.
"Ha! I knew it."
You stepped back in shock at realization at what you had just done. You had ruined everything. Your mind was again racing as you were trying to figure out a way to cover up what had happened while Kisara was nearly screaming at you.
"Miya, calm down. I'm not angry."
"What?"
"Sit down and calm down. I'm not mad…"
"How are you not mad? I lied and I…All the …I mean…"
You weren't sure where this was going to go. Since you wanted to lessen any trouble you might have gotten yourself into, you did as you were told and sat down in the nearest seat, which happened to be the bed.
"Miya, I know why and I can see why you did all this. Sure at first, I was little freaked, but I realized why after I thought about it. I'm just glad you weren't in some sort of trouble. When Ali said you weren't with her, I thought that someone had come after you or something bad had happened. But once I found out that you were really Mikoto, I didn't care. I was just glad to know you were safe, and that you were here."
"Not to mention a relief of tension?"
"Oh, you noticed that?"
"I don't see how anyone could have missed that. It was horrible."
You laughed thinking about the night in the limo and at your hotel and how awkward it had been.
"So, did you want to be in the tournament that badly?"
"Seto, do you know how long its been since I was able to compete in a tournament without having someone else behind me telling what I should do? It's been like 4 years, and I just didn't want you to worry. That's all."
"Mr. Kaiba, we need you at your duel arena. The duel will begin in three minutes."
"Sorry to have to cut this short Miya, but…"
You shook your head and smiled.
"I know you need to go. And best of luck out there, keep in mind. I'll be watching." you said with a mischievous grin.
"I wouldn't have it any other way."