Seto's POV
Finally, after what seemed to be the longest week of my life, Saturday came and Mokuba and I were entering the arcade. He was chatting happily about everything and anything, but I am too excited to listen to him.
I love games!
It's been a long time since I could play for nothing but the game itself. Ever since I was adopted, games were a means of getting through the day or beating Gozaboro for the right to spend more time with my brother. No, even before that, before the orphanage, while we were still with our ant and uncle. I had to win games so that Mokuba could play with OUR toys that our 'cousins' took from us.
But today I can play games just because I want to.
Games are the only thing that I allow to represent my childhood. Only when playing games do I act my own age, because all the other times Mokuba needs me and I'll always be there for him. So I trew my childhood away for his, and only let myself bea kid while gaming. Everyone noticed that I act a lot older than I am.
So I love games.
And I'm damn good at them, too!
The best actually! And, no I'm not bragging, it's the truth.
This arcade is connected to the Internet and all the scores are shown all over the world, and mine is in first place, under the gaming name KAI, and a good number of points from the other scores. It's been that way even before the death of our parents and stayed that way up until now... I just had to change the name from my old one to KAI, of course...
I was always the best, always first!
So,imagine how surprised I was to see that KAI was, not in first, but SECOND place for the first time in forever. I could only continue looking at it, as if that's going to change things. But it didn't.
KAI was in second place, and a gamer under the name YAMI was in the first. The name was awfully familiar.
I am both excited and pissed that someone could beat my score. At least there's someone challenging around.
My thoughts turned to a certain girl, but Mokuba's shriek tore me out of it.
"What do you mean, my brother is not the best. He's always the best, always first! " Mokuba said.
"Well,not any more! The scoreboard doesn't lie kid, so suck it up and deal with it! " some punk yelled at my brother. I was about to kick his ass, when I whitened a special, beautiful sight...
Yuna wasplaying some game with her own brother, and they were laughing. I ignored Yugi. Instead I focused my attention one the one that really mattered- Yuna. Her genuine laugh was truly unique, stunning, beautiful and warm. It was easy to smile and laugh with her. It made her seem like an Earthbound angel, so beautiful, radiating kindness and warmth. This was the first time I have seen her laugh.
I wish she would laugh more often like that.
But it stopped too soon, if you asked me, ... or anyone who heard it, when she looked our way. She quit lalaughing and smiling, and quickly finished her game. She then made her way towards us, while the screen behind her showed that the high score, still under KAI, was beaten by YAMI.
That's when it hit me why the name was familiar:Yuna YAMI Mouto. Yuna is YAMI! She is my gaming rival as well! ?
I was even more fascinated by her.
She soon was standing in front of us, glaring at the punk who had yelled at Mokuba just moments before. Her glare was so intense that the idiot took two steps back. Not that I blame him. It looked like fire was burning in her blood red eyes. It looks kinda scary, I must admit.
Her gaze shifted to Mokuba and when she looked back up to the punk, her frown deepened. She obviously was as angry as I am, seeing that my baby brother has yet to turn 4.
When she spoke it was the same chilling voice of a reaper as he waits to take the soul:"What do you think you are doing, yelling at a kid like that? This is a place for gamers, and only the laws of games aply here, meaning that only the winner can decide his opponents fate, but also that the only fighting is allowed behind a game controller. This is a place where gamers exchange experience and have fun. Those who do not follow the rules have no place here. And are you really so pathetic that you need to pick on a little kid so you feel good and proud, because if so, you are a smaller man than him! " , her words merciless, and she turned around, not waiting for a reply.
The punk stood rock still, he couldn't say anything. Well, he got what he deserves!
Suddenly the punk runs towards Yuna and grabs her arm, trying to push her off balance, but she is quicker and sends him to the floor with a quick karate move. She just stood there glaring at the moron.
I didn't know she knew karate!
"Didn't I just tell you that fighting is allowed only through a game controller? " she said rather than asked.
The punk just got to his feet and arrogantly said:" I challenge you to the shooting game to your right. It's the hardest one here, and I'm third place I the country. So, what do you say? Do you have the guts for it? " he said, smirking smugly.
I wanted to use his face to clean the arcade floor!
How dare he assume that he had the right to challenge her!?
Yuna agreed, and soon they started playing. The punk was good, indicating that he had played the game plenty of times, but as the game wore on, he started making mistakes, A LOT of mistakes, and losing more and more points. Yuna, on the other hand, wasn't making mistakes at all. She was precise, had fast reflexes and excellent control of her movements. She looked like she could go on for hours. Her skills have drawn a crowd, but she didn't seem to care. Everyone was impressed, even the blind could see that she was an excellent gamer! The guy didn't stand a chance!
Not long after, the game was finished.
The guy lost miserably, at least compared to Yuna's score.
Yuna set a new high score, pushing KAI to second, her score nine times better than her opponent's.
After telling the punk that he hadn't done so bad, all the while the crowd still cheering for her wictory, she turned and made her way towards me and my brother.
I started walking to meet her half way, when some strange girl, with spiky long brown hair and bright green eyes, appears out of nowhere and huggs Yuna, talking to her in a language I couldn't understand. I just stare in disbelief. Soon an older boy comes to them and starts schooling the girl in the same strange language. I know a lot of languages, but I couldn't even figure out which language they were speaking!
And just who are those two, and what are they to Yuna?
Yuna must have sensed my confusion, because she said:" These are my friends from Egypt, where I used to live, Mahad", she points to the guy who seems at least eight years older than us, with long light brown hair and gray eyes, " and Mana." She gestures to the girl still hugging her," They are visiting and have a plane tomorrow morning, so we are spending the day together. We will have to play some other time. " she said, reading my reason for approaching her rather easily.
I just scwol.
She then looks at me, obviously expectating an explanation for Mokuba, who was hugging my waist.
So, I turn around and walk to the other side of the arcade, Mokuba quickly following me.
I am glad to have learnt something new about her, but I still wanted to play a game against or even with her.
But she is busy.
Even games and my little brother couldn't completely lift my mood after that.