Jewels: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

"You met Kaiba, before the ball?" Akai asked, as we sat in the corner of a coffee shop.

"Do you remember when I told you that you were not only my manager, but my best friend, and I wanted to tell you something that I had never told anyone else about?" I questioned.

"The fact that your uncle had a Millennium Item…the Millennium Eye to be exact," he replied.

I nodded. "When I started writing my first book, I decided that I had to get away from that city…all the noise was just too much for me to concentrate with, so I went back to the place that I felt was my real home; the island that is now known as Duelist Kingdom."

He chuckled. "Ah yes…you've told me many stories about the castle there."

I sighed. "What I didn't know was that when the helicopter landed, I gotten there right as the Duelist Kingdom Tournament had started." I stopped and closed my eyes remembering when I hopped out of the helicopter and saw all the duelists starting there duels for star chips. "I wanted nothing to do with any of it…but of course Uncle Max had to set up a monitor in my room so that I could watch the finals. I didn't argue…I didn't want to cause problems…but now, I wish I had." I stopped and looked out the window.

"What happened Krystal?" Akai asked, "This isn't like you."

"I saw him take Kaiba's soul," I said, looking back at him, "That's what his Millennium Eye was able to do." He sat there completely dumbfounded by what I had just said, and hey, I didn't blame him one bit. "I know what you're thinking…and I didn't believe it at first either, but I snuck down to the catacombs and was able to distract the guards long enough to go see for myself…I managed to get through the cell bars and I got face to face with Kaiba. There was no life him his eyes…he didn't answer any of my questions, he was just an empty shell."

"I'm so sorry Krystal," he said, "If I had known all this I wouldn't have made you go to the ball at all."

"I didn't really remember until I got face to face to him again at the ball," I said shaking my head, "I even though it was only five years ago, I tried so hard to hide that memory deep in the back of my mind. You couldn't have known…"

-Back at the Mansion-

"What did I miss?" I asked, looking at the butler that was pulling suitcases out of the mansion.

"I've been eliminated," Alanna said, with a little shrug of her shoulders, "No big deal."

"How come you were eliminated?" I questioned, "I mean…I fell asleep yesterday."

"I like Rock music," she replied, "Mr. Kaiba attributes that to heavy drinkers and no good doers."

"Are you?" I questioned.

"I like a drink every now and then," she replied as she headed towards the door, "I just like the beat of Rock better." The door closed behind her and I heard a scoff and looked over at Casey Lee who was sitting on the couch, arms and legs crossed with a look on her face like she had just smelled something fowl.

"Whatever it is…I'm not in the mood to hear it," I said starting to walk away. I seriously didn't need her attitude on top of everything else.

"Well you're going to hear it anyway," she said following me.

"Lovely," I said stopping.

"It should have been you or that naïve little Sarah that went home…not Alanna. I don't know what it is about you that is keeping you here, because on the surface, I don't see it, and the way you act..." She stopped to look me up and down, before giving another fowl look. "It's despicable. A writer? What is so special about a writer? You keep yourself locked away in a fictional world…a man like Seto Kaiba needs reality."

It was my turn to look her up and down. "I didn't know fake boobs, a tummy tuck, botox, a nose job were reality." Her jaw dropped slightly as I walked around her, she wasn't expecting that one, but if you're gonna talk about something like reality…think about the karma.

After all this, I needed a break from the world. But obviously that wasn't going to happen since I ran into someone else on my way to my room.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," they said, starting to pick up the items that had fallen out of their arms.

"It's okay…I wasn't paying…these are my books," I commented, picking up one of the books.

The person immediately stood up to look at me revealing a girl with brown hair and bright blue eyes. "You're…you're K.C. McKinley," she said.

I turned over the book in my hand and smiled slightly. "That's what the back cover says."

"Mokuba said you were here but…I didn't think I would actually run into you," she said with a sparkle in her eyes.

I thought back to the ball and then gave an amused chuckle. "You must be Mokuba's girlfriend. I heard from Mr. Kaiba that you're a fan of mine."

"You have no idea," she said, "Your books are amazing. The stories of Lauren Michaels CIA/FBI covert ops agent who travels the world fighting those who threaten the safety of the United States and even her own family, while she also tries to juggle a family life and…a passionate love life with a man who would make any woman's head spin and heart flutter."

I rubbed the back of my head. "I guess you are a fan."

She nodded. "I can't wait until your next series comes out…you're sticking to what you know and not jumping to anything to different right? I hate when authors do that…I heard that Jenna Bernard is going from her Military Romance to some werewolf thing and that's just stupid."

I turned my head and thought for a minute as she continued talking. 'She's right…I've been going about this all wrong. I need to stick with what I know. Stepping to out of the box will only turn my readers off…I don't necessarily need to go with the covert ops theme, but something along those lines is what I need to stick with." I looked back at her and smiled. "You were a lot of help…thank you."

"I was?" she questioned as I started to walk away.

"Yes, you were!" I replied, heading to my room and closing the door. 'I've just got to forget about this whole Kaiba thing for a little while…I've got a new idea and now I need to get it started.'

-A Couple Days Later-

"How are you feeling?" Akai asked, as he sat across from me at table that was set up in the garden.

"Better," I said, not looking up from my laptop.

"That was a lie," he said reaching for a platter on the table only to get his hand slapped away.

"Don't touch the gorgonzola cheese," I said, "You could have called instead of stopping by…the other girls are going to start believing that I need a babysitter."

"A foul mood…you're working on your book," he said.

"Just because I'm in a bad mood doesn't mean-."

"You get in a foul mood when someone bother's you when you're writing," he said.

I stopped typing and looked up at him. "I got some inspiration and a new idea…I'm going to stick with what I know."

He just shook his head. "I'll let you be then…send me the first chapter later."

He left and I sat back in my chair. When I did that I noticed Kaiba pacing back and forward past his office window, looking through a stack of papers in his hands. 'Hmmm…that gives me an idea.'

TO BE CONTINUED…

Jewels: Well this was interesting now wasn't it? Stay tuned for the next chap!