Sorry for the short chapter. I planned on it being longer but I'm trying to figure out the best follow up. Also, I was thinking of interrupting this chapter to add in Seto and Yugi's duel, but I don't have it in me to figure out the decks at the moment to write out a full duel. I apologize if that disappoints anyone. (I'm kinda disappointed in myself about it honestly.)

But I'll at least get back to the duel in the next chapter. I'll try not to keep you all waiting too long.

"Oh man, it feels good to be watching a tournament again!" Tristan pumped his fist in the air as we all sat, the crowd around us cheering.

I smiled, sitting beside Miho, who sat next to her fiance. Tea sat at my other side, followed by Serenity and Mokuba. Mokuba shot a glance at me for a moment, smiling as he noticed I was doing okay. I nervously smiled back before turning my gaze again to the stage just a short distance before us.

"Man, how long has it been since we've been on the side lines rooting Yugi on?" Tea added in.

"You mean, rooting for my brother." Mokuba slipped in a friendly, rivalry comment as he slyly put his arm around Serenity's shoulders.

"Pssh. Yeah right." Tea stretched her arms in the air and quickly pulled them back down, fists held at shoulder height as if claiming victory already. "Kaiba has yet to win against my Yugi—So there's no chance he'll win!"

A little late to the gathering, Joey and Mai joined us. I sank into my seat a little bit as they took a seat on the bench just in front of us.

"I dunno." Miho giggled. "He's got someone he's trying to impress now, right Kisara?"

I blushed, not wanting the attention turned to me. "M—maybe?"

Impress didn't feel like the right word to use.

"Relax, would ya?" Joey was looking over his shoulder at me. "This is your first time watching a live duel right?"

I nod, trying not to look at Mai, who was sitting next to Joey, to which he had his arm stretched over her shoulders. Even though things were said and done with Kojiro, it's still a touchy subject that I don't know how to look past. I didn't even know that their break was over, and that they were willing to work things out until today. So that made it all the more awkward on my end.

"It's always great watching Yugi and Kaiba duel." Joey turned back, looking up at the stage. "So no matter who wins, just have fun."

"You're just mad cause you only made it to the semi-finals again." Mai crossed her arms and laughed. "Besides, you've never enjoyed watching Kaiba duel."

Joey glared at her, a type of vicious that two people who cared about one another could only have. "You didn't get any where close to semi-finals, so you don't have room to talk!"

She just continued to laugh, as well as the others around me. I couldn't help but smile. Would things always be this way? Is this going to be normal for me now? My smile got bigger, and I could feel the burn of my cheeks becoming more red. I was almost distracted enough not to realize that the announcer had come on the overhead, introducing the two finalists.

"I can't believe Seto's dueling again!" I hear from someone in the crowd.

"You know it!"

"I bet he was looking for the perfect strategy to beat the king of games!"

"Yeah right! Yugi will get him for sure!"

"Kaiba has this!"

It was a mix of friendly rivalries. I had seen the duels on television before, but my heart was always cheering Seto on. Even if it took me a while to realize it, I always knew I wanted Seto to win.

Without thinking, I stood up the moment Seto walked out on stage. I held my hands to my chest and took a step up onto the bench. I took in a deep breath and exhaled with a shout.

"GO SETO!"

His fans roared behind me, cheering him on! You could see it on his face, looking around at the many adoring fans who also stood in the crowd, calling out his name. He missed this. He missed the thrill of being in the midst of battle, even if it was just a card game. This game meant so much to him, and I was one of the lucky few who knew just what it meant to him.

And for a moment, his eyes found mine, and I smiled so brightly. When I noticed him flush a bit, and decided to sit back down. I didn't want to distract him, but my smile was all the more wide. Everyone in the group was laughing so loudly at the display. I felt a bit of embarrassment welling in my stomach.

"A-Freaking-Dorable!" Miho says through her laughs.

I sink back into my seat, my face burning like frost-bite stings. "He brings out the best in me..."

I look back at Mokuba, his smile from ear to ear. We then put our eyes back forward, as Yugi enters on to the stage. I now get why he looks so much shorter—because it's him dueling and not the pharaoh who had resided with him before. A lot of things make sense to me now, that hadn't before.

"Don't waste the time you've been given." It echos in my head again.

And suddenly, I'm looking passed the duel. I looking to the other side of the dueling arena; staring at the other members of the crowd. There he is—standing perfectly straight across from me. My eyes widen, but he doesn't seem to be seeing me. He's just staring at the duel before him. I can't take my eyes away.

I don't know how long I was staring before a few members of the group stood and cheered for a move that I hadn't paid any attention to. Yugi had destroyed one of Seto's monsters, but it didn't do a significant amount of damage. But the monster that he destroyed had an effect, and Seto was able to have another monster called to the field in it's place.

More cheers from the crowd as the duel heated on. I went back and forth from watching and cheering Seto on and looking across the way to the man whom I recognized from my vision. Though in the past, he had a heavenly presence… Here, he seemed to be a normal person, just like everyone else around me.

I have to meet with him…

I jump a bit, as I feel a hand gently pressed on my thigh, just above my knee. "You okay?"

I look over, and Serenity is staring up at me. I blush lightly, not sure if I should say anything, or just act as though there's nothing going on.

"Just, really focused." I smile at her.

Mokuba leans over, "She's trying to study up. She's Seto's secretary now. So she wants to learn the game better."

"Oh! That makes sense." Serenity giggles and turns back to me. "If you have any questions, just let one of us know! We might not be as good as Yugi and Seto, but we can still help out."

"Sure thing." I smile again before looking back at the stage.

But the longer I sat there, my eyes shifting back and forth between the two… I realized I was starting to feel sick in my stomach. It was knotting up. I couldn't sit sit and started tapping my toes of my right foot to my left ankle. My shoe lace clicked against the rubber of the sole, taking my concentration and preventing me from focusing at all.

I turn to Serenity and Mokuba, tugging on Mokuba's shirt slightly. He glances over at me, as Serenity is too distracted by the duel to look away.

"Where's the nearest bathroom?" I hold my stomach as if it were going to fall off.

"You okay?" He asks as he looks to the nearest exit. "It's through that gate to your left. Just past the food stands.

"I think I'm okay." I lie, starting to feel dizzy all the sudden. "I'll be back in a minute."

I look back to Seto once more before I stand. I try to remember the field before I walk away, so I know where to pick back up from if I need to figure out what's going on. As I stand to make my leave, Mokuba presses something into my hand. It catches me off my guard. I stare down at him and look to Serenity for a moment, who is so absorbed in the duel that she hasn't paid attention to our conversation at all.

"Get yourself a water on the way back. You look pretty flushed." Mokuba looks concerned as he takes his hand back, leaving some cash in my hand.

I look at the money in my hand and nod, "I'll be right back."

Shoving the money into my pocket, I begin stifling my way through the crowd to the aisle. Once there, it's a straight shot to the exit where I can quickly find the restroom. I have a bitter taste in my mouth, feeling slightly weak as I walk away.

As I reach the gate—I hear him.

"I sacrifice my two monsters, in order to summon a light which hasn't been seen in years!" Seto shouts to the crowd.

As if I find myself suddenly deaf, I turn back to see the duel. I grab my stomach again as my eyes light with a fire I've never felt. Though the crowd takes a stand in applause and cheer, I do not hear them. I only hear Seto, the voice ringing in my head as clearly as the memory of him using my soul thousands of years ago.

"Come forth—Blue Eyes White Dragon!" He reaches his hand to the sky, and the dragon bursts from the nothingness above.

As if it had been shattered, all the pieces form back together. The dragon cries, threatening the empty field on Yugi's side.

I can't look away. I'm staring at it as though it were real, just like it had been in my past. I feel my knees losing their strength as my body shakes. The memory blocks my vision—watching my own soul killing those who threatened to kill Seto as a child. The dragon protecting Seto and myself from falling into the shadows of the dungeon. My soul being crushed into the stone tablet so that Seto could live—my life dwindling to save him.

My stomach flipped, and I bit my lip tightly. I could taste the blood as I cowered.

Seto looked over his shoulder to the stands, where I no longer stood. There was a slight panic as he searched for me. It didn't take him long to find me. I was standing alone after all. My pale figure and colorless hair aided the search as well, I'm sure.

My throat feels as though it's opening up, but I swallow the air from my breath and smile at him, still clenching my stomach. I point to the gate, gesturing that I would be right back. He closes his eyes with a smirk, and turns back to Yugi, continuing the duel.

The moment his back was turned to me, I took off. I ran as quickly as I could, covering my mouth and squinting my eyes. I charged the restroom, throwing myself to the nearest stall.

I don't know what was making me so sick… but the moment my lunch up chucked, I was in tears. I vomited a few times before I could finally settle. I reached for the handle, flushing it all away and staring down at the floor. I hadn't closed the stall door. I'm sure anyone in here was grossed out. But I sat on the floor, trying to regain my senses.

At least my stomach no longer was in knots.

I look at my hair as it swirled on the tile floor below me. I wondered if I needed to rinse it out at this point. I take a few deep breaths before standing back up. I flush again for good measure, and turn to go to the sink—but I'm blocked by a girl. She's shorter than I am, but doesn't look much younger than I am. She has brown hair, spiked to the back. Her eyes were a darker turquoise, something I'd never seen before. And she was.. very tan.

"Are you alright ma'am?" She asked, handing me a water bottle.

I guess everyone was feeling charitable today.

I smile, nodding down to her. "I'm alright. I think I must have eaten something that upset my stomach."

I gently accept the water bottle, opening it and taking a swig. I gargle, and walk over to the sink and spit the backwash. I repeat the process before actually drinking half the bottle. I then start washing my hands and mouth before noticing the girl staring at me through the mirror. It was… a little unsettling.

As I finish cleaning up, I turn back to her, fishing out the money Mokuba lent me. "Thank you. And here, you get get another one to replace the one you gave me."

She waves it off, shaking her head. "No worries! It's free from my brother!" Her pep is refreshing, even after I had just gotten sick in front of her. "But I'll be honest—I followed you in here 'cause you look kinda familiar."

"F—followed me?" What?

"I know, it sounds kinda weird… A lot weird actually. But! I really wanted to ask you if we had met before?" She had her hands clenched in fists, rose above her chest with determination, though she looked like she was ready to box.

Though it was off putting, she did have a familiarity about her. It felt as though we had met before, but as far as I could tell, this was the first I had ever met her. "I'm sorry. I don't recognize you if we had met before."

"Huh. What a shame." She sighed and stretched out her arms above her head. "Well, better get back to the pub! I'm supposed to be watching it while my brother watches the duel for a bit."

"Pub?" I ask her as we both turn to leave.

"Yeah! The Magician's Pub just up the road!" She nearly jumps for joy mentioning it. "I got too anxious to watch the duel since it's not airing live, even though it will air tonight. So…. I may have closed up shop for a little bit to sneak out to see the duel."

"Is it really okay to do that?" I was more concerned with her getting in trouble than anything now.

"It's all good!" She laughs. "My family owns it so we all take turns watching over it. Besides, we're not getting any business when there's a tournament right up the road. At least not until tonight when it's over. Then the place with be banging!"

She's completely bubbly, bouncing around as she enthuses about the place. She easily distracted me from any nausea I had previously. It's almost like I hadn't just puked out everything I had eaten today.

"Well, I wish you all luck with your business tonight. I'm gonna head back in. I have some friends waiting on me." I smile. "But, really. Thank you again for the water. I was planning on buying one on my way back in anyway."

"No worries!" She gives a thumbs up, "Hey! You should stop by tonight! I'll buy you a drink, kay?!"

I'm taken off my guard as she asks, but I smile anyway. "If I have time, I will. I actually work for Kaiba Corp., so I'm not quite sure what will be going on after the duel finishes.

"Whoa! You don't look like a stiff at all!" She laughs.

"A… stiff?" I try to ask but she brushes off the question.

"Well it was totally cool to meet you! I'll see ya' 'round, 'kay!?" Her speech reminded me a bit of the way Joey would speak.

"Uh, sure—" I manage to say as she's already running off in the direction of the pub and waving back to me.

"See ya' later!" Her voice is still just as loud.

And I wave back to her, confused but smiling. "See you."

I stand there for a moment before returning back to the crowd. There was still a mix of people standing, others back to sitting. I can't really see where my seat was from the aisle any longer. Luckily, Tristan and Joey were tall enough that I could spot them when they stood up to cheer as Yugi played his swords of revealing light card. Bashfully, I excuse my way through the crowd back to my seat.

Mokuba looks upset as I return. "You didn't get a water?"

I could barely hear him over the crowd. "I did. I drank it all though."

I return to my seat, Serenity just now noticing that I had left. "Where were you?"

I chuckle, "Bathroom."

While everyone around us was standing, I sat back on the bench. I look between Joey and Mai's heads to look across the stage. It took a moment for me to realize… But the man who I recognized was gone. I tinge of sorrow pricks my heart, as I realize I probably just lost my chance to meet with him.

Oh well… Maybe I was in over my head anyway. It's not like I knew exactly what I needed to say to him or what to ask. And who's to say that he would remember the past anyway?

"Heh..." I chuckle aloud accidentally.

I bet this is the same mindset Seto had when he first saw me the night of the banquet where we met again.