It's been two weeks since the day Yuna found Seth and finally dealt with the biggest problem that she had thought the High Priest and the Nameless Pharaoh had ever had. In that time, not a single vision/dream had occurred to the Archaeological Wonder, but plenty of fights between Yuna and Kisara or Kisara and Mana had taken place. Every time Kisara tried intruding on Seto and Yuna, Mana would jump in and start fighting with the white-haired girl. When Mana couldn't do it, Yuna would just remind her that Kisara had lost and that she can't win by trying to butt in, making the blue-eyed girl want to strangle the crimson-eyed Duel Queen, but she didn't dare to. Not with Seto glaring at her so hatefully.
The CEO had started taking precautions about the annoyance and Fugata or Roland were constantly near their boss to be sure to stop Kisara from approaching the brunet. It annoyed the girl to no ends, especially when Seto would grab Yuna and drag her off somewhere and then when she tried to follow, Roland or Fugata or sometimes the both of them would stop her. She even tried getting to him at his mansion, but Akiko would tell her off in such a way that Kisara wondered from where a maid got of talking like that.
Pegasus and the other slight elders were happy that the relationship between the rivals was back to normal, although the silver-haired man was often busy thinking up ways of getting the rivals on a date so they could confess their undying love for each other. He had once accidentally planned out loud and Yuna had, in her embarrassment, stuffed a very small pillow almost the whole way down his throat. Since that day, all the small pillows were thrown out since the master of the house developed a phobia from that one incident.
Their new neighbors visited every day, annoying Seto every time it was just Amelda or Amelda in a combination with Valon. It was annoying, to say the least, so he usually locked himself up in his home office just to escape them and worked for hours until they left. The redhead was far more persistent than Seto had thought.
Rafael, too, was trying to vow the Duel Queen and making just as little progress. Mia understood the man's intentions, so she would help her Yuna-sama fake calls from museums from all around the world so she could have an excuse to leave from the room every time the biker was there. That, or she would call Noah and he would challenge the blond to a duel, easily defeating him with his Shinato's Ark and sending Rafael on his way.
Zigfried was getting a similar treatment with similar results, except it was an enraged, jealous Seto that usually came to trash the German every time he came to ask Yuna out on a date. Sometime, however, it's even Yugi, Solomon or even Maha and Mana that face off against the man and he would leave fuming. Seto sometimes came for Rafael as well, since he sincerely didn't like the blond for what had happened with Yuna and Yugi during the whole Doma thing.
With all these bearable annoyances and the few unbearable (like Kisara, Joey and Zigfried), Seto was met with a new thing, rather person or animal, that he had to compete with for Yuna's time and attention. The cutest little puppy he had ever seen was Yuna's new pet, Seth, who was always around the girl. The only time Seth wasn't by Yuna's side was in school, but every other time, Seth was in her arms, sitting in her lap or beside her or at her feet. Yuna would give him a little kiss on the head every once in a while and Seto felt jealous of the dog!
He wasn't the only one, since Noah was going crazy from it. He had made the mistake of asking Noah, ''Doesn't it annoy you?'' once and he got an earful of the highest pitched rant he had ever heard. Yugi's answer to the same question was that he was used to sharing his sister's time and attention since it was always like that. That didn't help the CEO any and he still swore that Seth looked smug every time he snuggled in Yuna's arms. Fucking little bastard was only one of his jealous thoughts at those times.
Luckily for him, Yugi had taken it as his personal duty to make sure that Seto and Yuna were absolutely alone on the rooftop during lunch, but that didn't change the fact that he had once had to give Bakura one of his honey cakes to get rid of him. The damned Thief had left with a victorious, smug maniacal laugh until he felt a coke can hit his head. Seto never liked that particular drink, anyway.
Yuna's popularity got even grater when she gave the local museum the story of Kisara, Seth and the Pharaoh. She wrote it as a short book and let the museum sell it. All the books were gone by the end of third hour and the museum got many visitors, since those who couldn't read the book could listen to the story being told. Yuna even held a presentation that had the whole of Domino watching and it was a pure miracle that the whole city was as quiet as a mouse as they listened to her. The paintings she made along with the photos she took of the drawings she made in the dirt helped, seeing as people took thousands of pictures of just one of the exhibits. To say that it was an awesome success would be the understatement of the year.
Speaking of those dirt drawings, Yuna never did show them the one that Kisara has seen. Seto had asked her more than once what she had shown Kisara, but Yuna said that she still didn't fully understand what she had witnessed as Seth's memories. It obviously bothered the girl and Seto had to wonder what his rival had seen and drawn. Yugi was also worried about it, since Yuna always understood what her visions showed her.
As Seto exited his limo, he was thinking about all the possibilities that could confuse Yuna when something caught his attention. It was a flashy flayer that stated that this year's annual beauty pageant will be held in Domino High School with the special judges as a secret. In the colorful flayer there were silhouettes of the nine people who will act as judges and Seto recognized Sara's long hair and Anubis' built.
''Anubis, Sara and her father will be definite judges for the pageant, along with the two Ships members with Kirari as guests.'' Seto almost jumped out of his skin as Yuna appeared by his side and grinned up at him. ''There are rumors that Kuon will be one of the judges, so I'm guessing that's why there is this tall figure here.'' She said as she pointed at the announcement.
''Hn.'' Said Seto as he smirked down at her. ''Something tells me that you already know who's going to be there and who isn't.''
Yuna chuckled. ''True.'' She pointed at the guests silhouettes beneath the judges. ''The Tokyo Mew Mew along with Princess Mermaids, along with Fuwa Sho and Kyoko. They're the judges' guests. Renee as one of the most famous female models is one of the judges.''
''That's already five judges.''
''Indeed.'' Yuna said with a nod. ''One of the other judges is a modeling agency's manager and there will also be a photographer that will judge who can even enter.''
Something occurred to Seto as he took Yuna by the hand to drag her away since the other students were making their way towards the poster. ''Are you entering?''
''I got an invitation, but I doubt I will be participating.''
Seto stopped, confused. ''Wait, why?''
Yuna didn't stop s she looked at him over her shoulder. ''Other than the fact that with my special gift I can outdo them in the talent segment of the show, I don't like what they're giving as a prize. Believe me that if I were to tell you, you'd go and kill the committee.''
''What the fuck is that supposed to mean!?''
Yuna shook her head as she chuckled. ''You'll find out by the end of today, I'm sure.'' And with that, she entered the school building leaving one throughly confused CEO to stare after her.
Seto followed after a minute or so when he saw Kisara looking at the flayer and quickly made his way to the classroom, sending a small glare in Yuna's direction when he took his seat. His rival ignored him as she tried to discourage Mana from entering the bothersome pageant. It didn't make any sense to Seto why his rival wouldn't want to participate, when it was more than obvious that she would win. Yuna was the most beautiful girl on Earth! And Seto had really wanted to see her all dressed up, or really dressed down like the time on the beach when she was just in her bikini. He still remembered how beautiful she had looked in that cave as light from above shined on her wet body and how that sexy body had felt against his own when-
'Stop!' He groaned as he felt his body starting to react to the memory of it. 'I can't let this happen in school!' It was a big surprise, since he had jerked off this morning after waking up after a rather sexual dream he now couldn't remember. All he knows is that it had felt far to real to be an ordinary dream and he was sure that he had seen crimson eyes, yet he wasn't sure it was Yuna's crimson eyes. That confused him. He knew for a fact, since he had heard it being said quite a few times, that only Yuna and the Nameless Pharaoh had ever had blood red eyes. Yet he was sure that the person who had hugged him closer to their own hadn't been Yuna. For one, they lacked Yuna's breasts and the hips weren't curved enough. The arms were a bit too muscular to be Yuna's, too, yet he still had the same feelings he has towards Yuna when he was with this someone. And the thing he found the most disturbing was to realize that he hadn't minded the obvious arousal he felt against his stomach as he trusted in and out of that tight entrance.
Seto knew that he wasn't bisexual, or homosexual. He was rather sure that except for Yuna, he was asexual and that although he knew to recognize beauty in others, he didn't feel any attraction to them. I mean, Seto had met many beautiful or sexy people in his young life, and yet only Yuna had ever caught his attention. Only with her, Seto flt that undeniable attraction that turned into a crush and then became love. He knew that he loved her and very much so, for that matter. And he knew, he was sure of it, that if Yuna had been a guy he would still have the same feelings for her.
Noticing her rival's distracted state, Yuna called out his name, but he only reacted to the third call. ''Are you okay, Seto?''
The brunet shook his head as he told her that he was fine, although it was obvious he was still distracted.
''Are you sure?'' Crimson eyes shined with worry and Seto finally cracked a little smile for her.
''I fine.''
Yuna smiled hesitantly, since her friend still sounded distracted.
''Yuna?''
She blinked. ''Hm?''
''Could you tell me ... ?''
''Yes?'' Now this was interesting. Seto Kaiba hesitating to ask a question.
''Could you tell me ... what was ... his preference?'' The blue eyes seemed to honestly want the answer and Seto wasn't even aware that he had let the honesty show in his sapphires.
Yuna's jaw dropped, expecting everything but this question, especially not asked in the language of her ancient homage. Bakura and Mana were also staring at the CEO in different variations of shock and disbelief, although Yuna suspected that the two would be a bit more amused had the question not been asked in the ancient language.
''Ummmmm-''
''It's okay if you don't know or don't want to discuss this. I'm just curious.'' Seto shrugged, although he wondered why he was getting this reaction.
Deciding to test something, Yuna decided to answer. ''I am pretty sure that he was asexual, although he got a son as it was required from him when he became pharaoh.''
''And he ... never had a lover?'' Seto wasn't ven aware taht he was speaking in ancient Egyptian and that the whole classroom was looking at them in confusion. They had witnessed this a few times before in the last couple of weeks, but today was just strange seeing as Mana and Bakura were gawking at the pair.
''Well, I wouldn't say that, but I'm not sure who it had been ... Although ... I have some suspicions that I first want to make sure are true before saying anything.'' Yuna was getting rather embarrassed about the whole conversation. It didn't help that she had, just this morning, witnessed a mother training her daughter to become a courtesan. It had disgusted her, but this was just down right embarrassing.
Seto nodded, secretly amused by Yuna flushed manner, thinking it made her look awfully cute. ''Alright.'' And with that, Seto took out a book and started reading. Yuna fidgeted in her seat a little until Mana grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the room. The whole class pressed against the closed doors in order to try and hear what they were saying and only a minute or so later they all heard Mana's giddy squeal. Yuna was heard reprimanding Mana in a strange language that the group listening couldn't understand, but Bakura started cackling as he heard what the reincarnated Pharaoh was saying and sent Seto a sly look.
The CEO frowned at him, then returned to his book as the entire class fell to the floor when Yuna suddenly opened the door. They all sheepishly looked up at the scowling Duel Queen and scrambled out of her way as she got back to her seat. Before long, both guys and girls started surrounding the two rivals. The girls wanted to get the CEO to cheer for them in the pageant or to get him as their escort for the formal gown stage, which really annoyed Seto since he gladly would accept if any of them had been Yuna, and Yuna got questions from all the guys if she was entering and if they could be her escort.
They were saved when the teacher came in and the rivals' fans had to return to their seats.
''Alright, class.'' The female teacher said as she clapped her hands and when everyone quieted down, she took out a letter. ''We got this letter of invitation to host this years beauty pageant under only one small, single, itty bitty condition.''
Suddenly feeling like this was going to end bad for her, Yuna tried to excuse herself from class, but the woman wouldn't let her.
''What's the condition, prof?'' One of the guys asked, eager to see all those girls in bikinis and short dresses.
She smiled. ''I'll read it out for you, since the rules are also here.'' She cleared her throat and started reading as Yuna tried to blend in with her desk.
''Dear students and teachers of Domino High School,
We would be most honored if you would host this year's annual Japan's Beautiful Flower, beauty pageant, in the honorable Domino City-''
She stopped reading when they all heard Seto groan, turning to look at him. So this was the meeting he had after school? 'Just fucking great!'
Ignoring him, the woman continued reading.
''We shall speak with Kaiba-sama-''
Another groan from the brunet.
''for permission to hold this event in his beloved 'City of Games', in the honor of the Duel Queen's return home.''
Yugi and Mana began snickering as they finally realized what this was all about and Seto swore that he heard Yuna praying in that strange language that this doesn't turn out to be what she thinks it is.
''We have all the financial support, and we'll give you anything you need for the preparations. You already know the date, since this has been happening for years now, and we are already thankful for your possible support. We have sent you rules about the preparations, since certain things must be the same as every year... I'll skip over this part, and get to the rules. Is that okay with you?''
The class nodded, so she continued.
''The riles are as follows:
1. All competitors must register at least three day before the competition starts.
2. All competitors must have a formal dress and a swimsuit that is deemed decent for the competition; everything else can be provided by us.
3. All competitors must have an escort for certain stages of the competition.
4. The escort can be changed, but only three are allowed.
5. The escort must be male and under 25.
6. Only make-up that is provided for the competitors is allowed.
7. Bribes won't be excepted.
8. No fighting or arguing with the competition or the judges and guests.
9. No leaving the stage without permission.
10. All competitors must participate in all three days of the competition.
11. The youngest age for entering is 15 and the oldest is 30.
12. Each competitor will have to present a talent(s) during most of the stages of the competition.
13. Assistance is allowed for certain acts.
14. Martial Arts are allowed to be performed only with trained fighters.
15. Each and every one of the competitors must own a kimono.''
''Just how many rules are there?'' Joey whispered to Tristan.
''Don't know, but I think there's still a lot more to come.''
''17. Music must be provided for dancing acts by the dancers themselves.
18. Art displays don't count unless they're done directly on the stage.
19. The time limit for each act is 5 minutes.
20. Competitors are allowed to give up at any time of the competition.
These are all the riles, however we have a small request of the school. For the sake of encouraging more ladies to participate, in workplaces and schools and colleges, we have ensured that there will be extra credit and a reward of 2,000,000 American dollars-''
''HOW MUCH!?'' The astonished class yelled out. Sure, there were pageants that gave a lot more money, but this was a little pageant that has a history of only four years. That was a lot of money for such a petite pageant.
''and a big surprise here. Since it will be announced by the end of the day on the national television, we are free to inform you that the second prise for the winner is a day with mister Seto Kaiba-''
''Whit WHOM!?'' Echoed all around the school as the CEO jumped out of his seat in rage. Now he understood why Yuna told him this was something he would hate and he understood why she didn't want any part of it. She respected him, and although she would win, she didn't need either of the prizes. She and Seto spent every day together and Pegasus, Dartz and Seto (and a few others) were more than happy to get her whatever she could possibly want or need, so she simply didn't need the money.
The teacher now hesitated with continuing. One thing that they had all learned over the years is that the brunet was only angrier than he was when something was involving him was when it involved his little brother or the girl that now sat beside him with her head almost unnoticeable under her desk.
''The only condition we have for all of this is the one we were hoping you and Mr Pegasus J, Crawford would help us with. Ms Yuna Yami Mouto has declined our invitation, and since we know that she attends your school, we were hoping that you could convince her somehow. We will be discussing this with her guardian and grandfather soon enough, but we wanted to try and get you on our side.
We thank you in advance,
The Official Committee of Japan's Beautiful Flower beauty pageant.''
Every student in the room has now turned to look at the two rivals. Even Seto turned to the Child of History as she attempted to merge with her desk. Just as all present were about to start pestering her about entering the pageant, Yuna's phone rang. Feeling grateful to the merciful deity that has answered her prayers, Yuna swore loudly as she saw that the caller is non other than Pegasus himself.
She sighed as she put the device to her ear. "Yes?"
"YAMI-CHAN!"Yuna cringed for two reasons. When excited as Pegasus sounded right now, his voice tended to become really high and she was used for it to mean something nasty (in her opinion, at least) was about to happen to her. The other reason was because she had no doubt that the man was now dead set on getting her to agree, especially since he only used that name with 'chan' when he wants something. "I have a favor to ask!"
Yuna frowned. "If this is about the pageant, you can forget about it! I'm the Duel Queen, not a beauty queen!" She could almost see his pout and she quickly hissed down the phone. "Stop pouting, you bastard! That doesn't work on me!"
"You're no fun, Yami-chan!" Pegasus whines. He knew that this was going to be hard, but he was sure he could pull it off and get Yuna to participate. "How about we make a deal?"
"How about no?"
''You're so cold!'' Pegasus still wined and Yuna had to roll her eyes at his dramatics. He wasn't going to give up until he got what he wanted, and now he wanted her to participate in this crazy little pageant. ''I'm warning you, Yami-chan! If you don't agree, Seth will have to find a new home!''
Yuna blinked at the empty threat. Pegasus was as big an animal lover as he was a lover of cartoons. Besides ...
''I guess he can just move back in with me into the Game Shop.''
''WHAT!? NOOOOO!''
Yuna almost chuckled. She knew her guardian all too well, and Pegasus was just making things easy for her now.
''You know how it goes. Seth stays by my side however this ends up.'' She told him smugly and Pegasus swore. Yuna chuckled as she heard Cecillia in the background as she scolded him for such language.
''Fine then! I just won't release the cards we talked about!'' If Pegasus thought that a threat like that was going to change her mind, he was sadly mistaken.
''That's okay. I had thought about it and I decided to talk to you about the decision I had made. Those cards are far too personal for them to be published.'' Yuna told him, aware that everyone was listening to her side of the conversation, except for Seto who was close enough to hear the whole thing.
Pegasus was getting desperate. He had two thing that were bound to get the Duel Queen to agree, but he didn't want to stoop so low. ''How about this? I have some imformation you might want to know about, while you have the one thing the whole of the world would want to see. We'll just exchange these things we possess and everyone will be happy.''
Yuna arched an eyebrow. ''No offense, Pegasus, but I know everything I need to know and I can easily find out the things I have yet to learn. I don't reall-''
''I know where Sasha-kun is.''
Silence.
Pegasus bit his lip as he realized that he had indeed went too far with that statement. Everyone knew that Sasha was the only one person that Yuna cared about but didn't know where he was. It's been years since they last heard of the little Russian. But Pegasus had stumbled across some information, rumors actually, about a cute, silver-haired, smart Russian boy with a big, black scythe around a big, famous school. There was little doubt in Pegasus mind that that same boy was Alexander Nickolaevic Herr, the boy who loved Yune more than anyone.
Yuna finally managed to say something, although her voice sounded forced and small. Seto was shocked with how vulnerable she sounded.
''Where is he, Pegasus? If this is a joke, I promise youd that you will dearly regret it.''
Pegasus sighed. ''You know that I would never joke around with this. But seriously, Yuna... Don't be so stubborn about this. You know that they just want to see you and that everyone just wants to see if you could win a beauty pageant, or if your winnings are reserved for only games.'' He knew that he will have tp plaz dirty if she doesn't take this.
''Pegasus, where is he!?'' Yuna wasn't letting thins go. Not by a long shot! If she can see with her own eyes that Sasha was safe and healthy, she wasn't about to miss the opportunity.
''In Japan, in the same school we left him off that last day. He seems to have returned sometime before we all got tangled into that whole Paradias thing.'' Pegasus conceded, knowing that he wasn't getting anywhere with the stubborn girl until he told her.
Yuna sighed, knowing that now she could go and see her 'little brother'. Having absolutely no contact with the boy, Yuna was happy to learn that he was near.
''Thank you for finding him, Pegasus.''
Said man chuckled. ''So that means that you will enter?'' He asked hopefully.
Yuna snorted. ''What ever gave you that idea?''
''Well, don't you kind of owe me now?''
''If we're going like that, don't you owe me for Cecillia being beside you? I never asked for anything in return because I didn't do it for that reason.''
Pegasus was starting to get frustrated. Yune knew she was in the right and she wasn't about to let him forget that. He was finally ready to play dirty.
''Yuna, do you know what the prize is? Not the money, but the other one?''
Seto watched with interest as Pegasus started speaking extremely low so he couldn't hear what he was saying. Judging from Yuna's expression, she wasn't all that happy with what she was hearing. Sure, Seto knew that the man could be extremely annoying, but Yuna seemed more annoyed with the fact that Pegasus was right about whatever he was talking to her about.
Silence.
The class watched with interest as Yuna rubbed her forehead as Pegasus stopped speaking. Bakura didn't know what to think, but Yugi was worried that they were still talking about the little Russian. Their friends were just as clueless and curious as the rest of the class. The teacher looked hopeful, while Seto didn't understand why he had a feeling that this had something to do with him.
''I'll do it.'' The silence was broken with that one word that had everyone staring at the girl as though she had grown a second head. Even Pegasus, who had thought this through, couldn't believe that his plan had worked. Before the silver-haired CEO could answer, Yuna had already shut off the phone and was now getting out a notebook. Everyone watched in astonishment as she took out the invitation she had gotten and as she filled out the sign in sheets.
When she was done, Yuna went over to the stunned teacher and gave her her forms as she told her with a blank face that the school can keep the money when she wins. This earned some happy and some angry exclamations. The boys were more than happy, while all the girls, with the exception of Mana, were far from pleased.
Yuna ignored them all as she took the notebook she had fished out of her bag and started making a list of things she would need. Seto could only watch curiously as she jotted notes down or made little sketches of the things she would like to have. He saw that there were notes that said this was for Jueli, or that was for Anubis and this was something Kuon would have to show her. He was disappointed to see that she was choosing Mahad as her escort and he tried desperately to hide it. After all, it's not like Yuna is his that he would have the right to be jealous of her life-long friend and self-appointed guardian.
Yugi was stunned that his sister had changed her mind, since he knew what she thought of such events. Yuna didn't want to participate since she always said she would feel like nothing more than a clueless bimbo. He was even more surprised when Yuna didn't spend her lunch with Seto, instead locking herself in the library. It was putting the CEO in a very bad and dangerous mood, but when he talked to her he understood why. Yuna has spent the whole lunch calling all their friends for this or that that could help her win.
And just why did Yuna want to win so badly?
Because the winner had a day with Seto where the CEO has to do whatever the winner wants.
Yuna wasn't about to let her friend live through that hell, so she agreed. She knew that she could win, especially since she can present any talent from all those centuries she has seen through her dreams. Yet she still practiced reciting with Kuon and Kyoko, she still spent an hour of practicing her catwalk with Sara and Juelie, although the blond woman could only watch over a monitor. She still danced with Renee, who was in town for the pageant. She still practiced her martial arts in the nearby dojo or with Pegasus' bodyguards. She just wanted to make sure Seto didn't have to put up with any of those girls.
It has already been three days since the announcement of the pageant and Seto was getting throughly sick of it all. All the girl were fighting over him like he was a piece of meat, and what was worse was that he still couldn't talk to Yuna. She was far too busy and the CEO had to wonder if this was how she usually felt when he couldn't talk to her for long because of Kaiba Corp. He blamed it all on Pegasus, but when he talked to the silver-haired man, the only response he got is that he should let Yuna be for a little while.
That didn't satisfy the brunet, so he had tried to catch Yuna once in the hallways when she had left for the bathroom, but she had accidentally snapped at him. He could tell from her shocked look after she yelled at him that she regretted it and the way she immediately hugged him. It had been the first time he had actually touched her since he saw that damned poster, and he had felt some of his irritation melt away. The moment, however, didn't last and ever since then, he and Yuna hadn't exchanged more than three sentences each hour.
It didn't help Seto's mood that Mokuba and Noah had managed to make him accept the conditions of the beauty pageant, but he knew that if Yuna was in it, she would win and he didn't mind spending a whole day alone with Yuna. He was ready to kill for it right now and he couldn't wait for the three days of the beauty pageant to be over.
Yuna was also more than displeased with the conditions under which she was agreeing to all of this. She couldn't believe that one of the reasons she was doing such a silly thing was jealousy. She had no reason to be jealous, yet the very thought of some other girl spending so much time with HER Seto was enough to get her scowling. Yet, she shivered as she thought about parading around like a doll for others to watch and judge. However, it did make her curious of what reaction Seto would have to the far too revealing outfits (in her opinion, anyway) that she was forced to wear for the show.
Yuna sighed as she made her way through the mall with Mia, Mana, Ishizu and Mai. Her ''PA'' wouldn't allow her to go by herself since she said it was hell getting those people she now called friends satisfied and she didn't want her Yuna-sama to go nuts. As much as she thought that her maid was over exaggerating, Yuna knew that with the promise of Serenity and Tea waiting in the boutique she took them all to get dresses and tuxes for her return party she would truly need Mia's help not to snap at them.
''Hey,guys!'' Yuna looked up as Mana waved to someone and she almost flushed as she realized who it was. Right in front of the store they were heading for, with Tea, Serenity and some other would-be customers as audience, five rich men were fighting a heated argument. She could easily name all five of them, seeing as their features were hardly unrecognizable. The first to catch her attention was, of course, her proud rival that towered all of them from his impressive hight as he argued with Zigfried, who couldn't be mistaken with his pink hair, and Dartz was in a heated discussion with Pegasus, the two's suits and hair really giving away to who they were, and Yuna realized that the second person trying to rail Kaiba up was Rafael in a strange trench coat.
Upon hearing the cheery greeting, Mokuba and Noah's heads snapped up from watching, along with Kisara (who just wouldn't leave, no matter how much they argued with her), Amelda and Valon, Chris, Iona, Cecillia, Mikey, Leon, Julian and Sonia, as their brother easily overthrow Zigfried's arguments and both split into big, happy grins at seeing their friends. Noah was off and he flung himself into Yuna's arms with a loud shout of, ''Nee-chii!'', that drew everyone's attention to the girl.
Before she could blink, the other kids joined Noah and she was almost sent to the floor from their enthusiasm. Yuna groans as her now abused middle starts hurting while Ma slowly released her from the kids' grips. In the end, Noah and Mokuba somehow managed to hold on, she Mana just sighed with a shrug and let them be. However, as soon as the apprentice mage was free of that 'task', Mana jumped in an argument with Kisara, drawing even more attention to them as she tried to get the white-haired annoyance far away from her friends.
As the rich men continued their argument, joined in by Mana and Kisara's own argument and Valon deciding to goad the brunet CEO, Yuna's left eyebrow started twitching. Mokuba was the first to notice and Noah tried calling her name, but she appeared to be trying to force herself to calm down.
But it didn't work and, for once, Yuna lost her temper.
''Will you all shut the hell UP!''
Seto stopped telling Zigfried to go fuck himself.
Valon froze as he was about to tease Kaiba's crude language.
Zigfried didn't finish making an overly dramatic insulted expression.
Pegasus got stuck in an expression between sheepishness and annoyance.
Rafael cut off his sarcastic remark about the brunet CEO's obsessions being rather obvious.
Dartz was stuck between anger and realization of what their argument must have looked like.
Mana looked guilty.
Kisara scowled.
Amelda joined her in the frown.
Everyone watching that wasn't a part of the group quickly walked away, not wanting to vex and face the angered Duel Queen.
The group watching could either snicker or gawk.
Mia was the only one who successfully kept her face straight, even thought she wanted to roll around laughing at the faces the rich guys were making.
''Yuna-dear! How long have you been here?'' Pegasus finally dared to ask.
Yuna rubbed her forehead with a sigh. ''Long enough.'' At the growl, they all slightly colored as if they were little kids who did something they shouldn't. ''Seriously, what were you guys going on about now?''
''Uh, about the beauty pageant?'' Dartz said uncertainly.
Seto scowled at the man as he walked away from the others and went over to stand beside Yuna. ''They started talking about the shit that some of the girls would do if they won, then I started telling them not to forget that the Queen of Games is in the competition and Valon had the nerve to say that that doesn't mean anything. Pegasus took my side while Dartz took Valon's. I have no fucking idea of why Rafael joined in, so you can ask him that.''
''Seriously?'' Yuna just looked so incredulously stunned that the others didn't know if they should find it cute or funny.
Dartz cleared his throat, feeling ridiculous now for how he had acted. ''Well, I guess we will soon find out.'' And with that, he took Iona's hand and they entered the store, immediately going to the swimsuit section. Amelda and Kisara were still bickering as they tried to make the same saleswoman help them find what they need and Cecillia hugged Yuna before dragging Pegasus off to find a summer dress. Mai left on her own and Tea and Serenity went together.
Yuna shook her head at their antics and only then realized that the Kaibas and the other kids were still with only her and Mia. Zigfried had left after Seto had given him a harsh glare and Rafael decided that his interest in Yuna probably wasn't worth his life with the young CEO pissed like that. He probably just dragged off Valon with him unless the playful biker was bound to peep on the girls.
''So, I'm guessing you guys are coming with me?'' She asked, but looked hopefully in Seto's direction. Seeing this, both Kaiba youngsters started begging their brother, but he didn't resist. He just told his secretary to tell his research and development team to reschedule for the next day and the group entered the shop in good spirits. They all walked out of the shop, three hours later, with a lot of bags, all wanting to help Yuna despite the girl insisting that Mia and she could handle it. Seeing as she was swaying on her feet after Amelda and Kisara had managed to knock a shelf on her earlier on, they all knew she was just trying to be nice and polite, so Seto scooped her up and carried her to the waiting limo.
Yuna was asleep before the car took off and Seto had to wonder if the beauty pageant was really worth his rival's exhaustion.