Alright y'all, the next chapter has arrived!

LadyViolet24 - That's how I felt when I played FFX.  Seymour just kept coming back and I was like "When will this guy realize that he just can't win?" So yeah, he can be very irritating on that aspect.

Lady D 10290  - That would be interesting!  I already have the gang reuniting with Noah in my mind already!

Ms. Aninga - You're into the whole anime/videogame romance?  Personally I'm not that much into them, but if it's a good story, I can even enjoy that.

Magicman/Smokegirl -  Yeah, Seymour could take on one of them, however Seymour doesn't really know how much Shadow Powers do they have at their control.  Then again, the Yami's don't know how much magic Seymour has at his disposal.  Their fight could be interesting…  On that insight, I think I know what you mean, but you're gonna have to wait and see.

Fire Goddess101 - Yeah.  It's probably one of those plots that are so overused.  But it still works.

Two months have passed as Pegasus's Tournament was just around the corner!  Despite the fact that the tournament itself was an open tournament, invitations were sent out to a selected some.  Particularly the top-ranked duelists around the world!  This tournament was to celebrate the grand opening of the Spira branch of Industrial Illusions in Luca and Pegasus wanted it to start off with a bang!  Everyone in Spira and Domino were getting excited about this new event as previous plans were changed at the last minute.  However, one person was not happy with the grand opening of the branch, much less about the tournament.

Kaiba sat at his desk in his office inside of the Kaiba Mansion as he read the invitation he received…

Kaiba-Boy,

I invite you to participate in the upcoming Spira's Tournament: Duelist Kingdom 2. I know that you and I haven't had the best relationship in the world, but I would appreciate it if both you and Rikku participated.  She should be receiving her own invitation at this time!  The rules are in the traditional standard, but with a few elements from your Battle City Tournament: 8000 life points instead of the 4000 life-point rule, but the ante rule stands.  Since this is, after all, Spira's Tournement, you will need 6 security spheres to advance to the finals.  You should receive a Duel Disk designed specifically for use in Spira, as well as a Security Sphere.  Best of luck to you, Kaiba-Boy!

Sincerely,

Maximillion Pegasus.

P.S.  I expect you to see you in the finals!  Don't disappoint me Kaiba-Boy!

Mokuba's eyes went wide as he saw his brother crumple up the invitation, gritted teeth and all!  "What's the matter Seto?  I remember what he's done to us, but maybe he really wants to make a truce…"

"Don't try to defend that lunatic, Mokuba!" Kaiba eye narrowed, filled with hate for the creator of Duel Monsters as Rikku walked into his office, having just finished reading her invitation.  She decided to wear her old Orange Sleeveless turtleneck/Green shorts outfit just so Kaiba could "stop his complaining."

"What's wrong, Setty?" She asked as Kaiba glared at her.

"Seto's not too happy with Pegasus's new tournament.

"The only reason why Pegasus is even throwing this tournament is to show me up!" Kaiba declared.

"Oh come on!" Rikku said, trying to reason with the unhappy CEO.  "It can't be that serious!"

"It is!  Pegasus knows that I'm also doing business in Spira, and what better way to one-up on me is to run a tournament, knowing that it's been only a few months after my Battle City tournament has ended…" The memory of his loss at Battle City was just making Kaiba more and more angry.

"Hey, you may have lost at Battle City, but look at it this way!  You do have another chance to win the tournament!" Rikku reminded.

"She's right, Seto!  Battle City's ancient history!  By the time that you win, nobody's going to remember your loss at Battle City!"

This fact alone made Kaiba smile!  This tournament was made as a cheap shot at the young CEO.  But then again, Pegasus was probably expecting him to enter the tournament and lose to Yugi…again!  But what if Yugi happened to lose!  What if Kaiba happened to win the tournament!  Then, Pegasus' plan would backfire and Industrial Illusions would end up losing business with Kaiba Corp gaining its competition's lost business.  The perfect revenge indeed… "So Pegasus wants me to enter his tournament?  Fine!  Pegasus will rue the day he ever decided to mess with Seto Kaiba!" He smirked with pride.

"That's the Seto I know!" Mokuba cheered!

"Awesome!" As did Rikku!  "I hope to see you at the finals!  Because by then, it's payback time!"

Kaiba scoffed as he stood up, "You better hope that I don't make it to the finals for your sake!  Because I know that you have those sacrilegious monstrosity Toons in your deck, and I'm looking to exterminate them!  Even if I only get one of your Blue Eyes Toon Dragons, it'll be worth it if it prevents Blue Eyes Ultimate Toon Dragon from being summoned again!"

"We'll see about that, Setty!" Rikku smirked, "I believe you have something of mine: Namely my Blue Eyes White Dragon card!"

Kaiba just walked away.  Apparently he figured that Rikku's "threat" was an empty one.  Besides, he had bigger fish to fry, namely Yugi Moto.

Joey and Serenity were just entering their apartment as Serenity had a bunch of letters in hand while they were in a middle of a serious conversation.

"That's why you need to learn to control your temper!" Serenity said while shuffling through the envelopes, which were mostly of bills.  Bills that their mother could handle when she got home...  "I know that when you were with Daddy you needed to be tough on the streets, but it's no longer needed now that you're with Mama and I and away from that neighborhood!"

Joey sighed, "I know, Sis… But you know the old sayin:' 'Bad habits are hard to break!'  Kaiba's not exactly much help either…"

"That's the thing. Most of your anger and hate comes from Kaiba!  You really just need to control your emotions, especially around him, otherwise if you're not too careful, it could come back and be used against you, and may lead to your-" Serenity blinked at what she saw.  "This is for you Joey!" She said with excitement.  "It could-"

"Just calm down, Sis!" Joey said as he went to open the envelope.

Serenity responded by sticking her tongue out at him.  "Aren't you the pot calling the kettle black!"

The envelope was opened as Joey read the invite.  "So Pegasus is ready for the new tournament." He said as he finished reading the invite, getting a shocked expression on his face.  "Serenity…"

"Yes Joey?" She chirped.

"Where there any boxes near the door?" He asked her.

Serenity shook her head.  "I didn't bother to check.  We were busy talking that-" She was cut short by the door swinging open, with Joey coming back in with a fairly-large box.  "Good thing nobody came by to steal it…" He said, nearly out of breath, which caused the Auburn-haired girl to sigh. 

'Was the neighborhood he and Daddy lived in that full of crime?' She thought. When he said that old habits were hard to break, she wasn't kidding.

At the Kame Game Shop, Yugi and Tea were just walking inside the store as the bells wrapped around the handle rung.

"Yugi, you have mail!" Solomon Moto shouted from within the store itself as Yugi looked on the store counter: There was a white invitation on top of a brown box.

"Yugi…" Tea asked.  "You think that it's from Pegasus?"

"Not sure?" Yugi shrugged as he grabbed the invitation.  "It's from Pegasus!"

"At least it's not a soul-stealing tape this time…"  Tea sighed as grabbed the box.  "Should I open it for ya?" She asked him.

"Sure, go ahead!" Yugi nodded as he continued reading the invite.

Tea opened the box as her eyes went wide at was she saw.  "So Shinra did decide to join up with Pegasus." She said as she saw a sphere and Spira's own version of the duel disk.

Yugi placed down the invitation onto the counter.  "Guess there's only one thing to do: Go down and register for the tournament.

Tea nodded, "Wonder if Joey, Rikku, and Kaiba got their invitations…"

At a local store in downtown Domino, the lines weren't that long as there are several people who decided to wait around until the last minute.

Yugi and Tea were walking inside as they saw Joey and Serenity in front of the line.  Tea was in shock, since she knew that Joey was the one who was known to do things at the last minute.  'Maybe Serenity convinced him…' She thought.

"Ah yes three stars!" The Clerk said as the Computer Screen displayed Joey's picture, as well as three golden stars underneath. On the right was the picture of his rarest card: Red Eyes Black Dragon.

"Get a look at those beautiful stars!"  Joey grinned as Serenity smiled.  "This time, I'm gonna win this tournament!"

"Like that'll happen!" A cold voice said behind him as Joey glared at the source.  "A Monkey with a brain tumor has a better chance winning this tournament than you, Wheeler."

Joey narrowed his eyes, "Kaiba…"

"Here we go…" Serenity sighed, hoping that Joey would use at least an ounce of self-control.

Rikku and Mokuba sighed, knowing what was about to happen.  "Setty, be nice!" She said.

"I am being nice…"The CEO replied. "And I thought I've told you, don't call me 'Setty!'"

"He's right!" Joey said.  "Kaiba wouldn't know anything about Sensitivity if it crawled up and bit him in the-"

"Joey!" Serenity protested.  Another thing she hoped to do was to tone down Joey's use of dirty language.  She knew that saying "ass" wasn't that bad, but if he stopped saying that, then he wouldn't even think about saying a certain four-letter word that started with "F" and rhymed with "buck."

"And you wouldn't know anything about dueling if your life was depended on it!" Kaiba countered.  "Or do you like humiliating yourself!  Remember Duelist Kingdom?"

Joey crossed his arms, "So what?  I rather get my butt kicked when I was first starting out, rather than being a so-called 'master duelist' and ending up losing in my own tournament!  Remember that, Kaiba?"

Serenity watched on with a smile.  Maybe he wouldn't lose his temper after all!

Kaiba saw Joey's rank, as he then couldn't help but chuckle.  "Three stars?  I guess Pegasus felt sorry for you.  There's no way an amateur like you could have that high of a rank!  You shouldn't even be allowed to own a deck, let alone be in this tournament!  The only reason why you got this far was because of luck and nothing more!"

Although Joey didn't show it on his face, in his mind he was ready and willing to jump on Kaiba and…let's just say that Kaiba would need a good plastic surgeon after he was done with him.  But then again, he did show a bit of gritting on his teeth.  "What proof do you have of that?"

"You basically have a gamble deck!  What more proof do you need?  A monkey with your deck could-on second thought, even a monkey without your deck could beat you!" The CEO turned around as Joey was about to jump him, but somehow, he managed to retain his cool!  Shocked that Joey didn't do anything Kaiba turned back around.  "What's the matter?  Too stupid to know when you're insulted."

"No…" He glared.  "I could give two S-"

"Joey!"

Joey sighed at his sister's protest.  "I could really care less about what ya say 'bout me since, as far as I'm concerned, your opinion don't mean sh-"

"JOEY!"

Kaiba smirked, "You're upsetting your sister with that mouth of yours, Wheeler!  Perhaps somebody needs his mouth washed out with soap!  Among other things…"

Joey's fists began to ball up, only a hairline away from his breaking point, as Yugi, Tea, Mokuba, and Rikku watched on in awe.  Amazed that Joey hasn't lost it yet!  Serenity meanwhile was hoping that one of them would just let it go, not wanting any physical confrontation to come from this.

"Let's go Mokuba…" Kaiba ordered.  He didn't even bothered with Rikku since 1) She knew the way home, 2) She would've complained about leaving her friends, and 3) Guest or not, Rikku was barely of his concern.  "I'll come back when they don't allow dogs in the building!"

"Stay calm Joey…" Serenity whispered in an almost pleading tone as Joey's fist balled up tighter and he had a look that, if looks could kill, Kaiba would be at the morgue right now.

Joey then felt a pat on the back as he looked behind him and saw Tristan.

"Congratulations!" He smiled.  "For once, you didn't lose your cool and jumped Kaiba…but then again Kaiba would've creamed you!" This earned Tristan a hard punch to the gut, which caused Serenity to sigh in disappointment.

"Oh Joey…" She said as she shook her head disapprovingly at Joey's action.  He was so close…  "At least he didn't do that to Kaiba…"

"I…I was just keeping it real…" Tristan winced in pain.  "You didn't have to hit me that hard!"

"I already had enough shi-" He saw Serenity's semi-disapproving look on her face. "-nanagins to deal with from Kaiba without you addin' more to the pot!"

"I have to admit, that was quite impressive how, until now, you managed to keep your cool!" Tea congratulated the blonde.

"Can we talk 'bout somethin' else?" Joey sighed. All this talk about his temper was getting him worked up again.  At that moment, the door opened as a trio of three girls walked in, each with long blond hair and green eyes.  Since the eyes had swirls in the irises, they've must've been Al Bhed.  So Rikku, being a fellow Al Bhed, decided to greet them!"

"Rao, fryd'c ib? Yna oui cekhehk ib vun dra diunhysahd duu? (Hey, what's up?  Are you signing up for the tournament too?)" She asked in her native tongue, but to her shock, all she got from the triplets were confused looks. "Al Bhed who can't speak Al Bhed?  I never thought I'd seen the day…"

"Hey, it's not that odd.  There's some Latinos living in Domino, and they can hardly speak Spanish." Tristan shrugged.

"Zicd gettehk! (Just kidding!)" The trio said in unison as they giggled.

"So anyways, you're joining Spira's Tournament?"

"Of course?" They said at the same time.  This was beginning to annoy Joey…

"Do ya always say the same thing at the same time?" He asked.

"Be nice, Joey!" Tea scolded.  She had to be cautious when it came to Joey, or rather his mouth.  He was always too quick to really speak his mind.

"Not everything!" One of them said.

"It's just that…" The second said.

"Talking at the same time…" The third one added.

"Is just fun!" All three of them finished at, you guessed it, the same time!

Tristan decided to introduce himself to the Al Bhed girls.  "Hi, my name's Tristan!  What's yours?"

"I'm Erika!" The first Al Bhed introduced herself.  Unlike her sisters, she dyed her bangs pink, which were braided and tied back.  She was wearing a black belly shirt with the words "Angel" written in pink italic letters.  Blue baggy jeans, and Black Platform boots.

"I'm Aria." The second Al Bhed introduced herself to the gang.  Like Erika, her bangs were dyed, but in a neon-green color and were neither braided nor tied back, while the rest of her waist-length hair contained red highlights.  She was wearing a leather jacket over a short white tank top, which the purpose was to show her abs, revealing a tattoo of a rose on the left side of her stomach.  She also wore a jean skirt, and Black Buckled Boots.

"And I'm Arana!" The third introduced herself to the gang.  She was the only sister that kept her hair fully blonde, but had the sides in pigtails.  She wore a yellow belly shirt with the words "Spirit" printed in black text.  She also wore black jeans and Black Stiletto Pumps. 

Rikku looked at Tea, "Don't you have that shirt, Teyi?" She asked as she looked down!  She didn't usually pay attention to the clothes people wear unless when it came to climate changes.  Needless to say, Rikku was shocked.  "You are wearing the same shirt!"

Arana smirked at the brunette, "Nice shirt!"

"ANYWAY!" Tea tried to change the subject from being about their somewhat similar fashion sense.  "I'm Tea, you've met Rikku and Tristan already.  That's Yugi, Serenity, and Johnny Sunshine over there is Joey."

"What's wrong with him?" Aria asked, curious about the angered look on his face.

"It's a long story..." Joey sighed.  "Now if you'd excuse me, I need to go somewhere to let out my anger!"  And with that he left the building, feeling that he needed to be by himself.

"Joey wait!" Serenity rushed off after him. Something was seriously bothering him, even though she already had an idea on what it was, and she was determined to find out!

"So…Where's Bakura and Marik?" Yugi asked Tristan, hoping to change the subject.

"They said that they were going to go to Spira!  Bakura wanted to show Marik the Moonflow and the Blitzball Stadium in Luca!" He explained. 

"Alone?" Rikku blinked.  "No disrespect or anything but is that such a good idea to have Marik come to Spira!  We all know what he's capable of."

"Hey, Marik's changed!  He doesn't have any reason to do something heinous!" Yugi assured in the young Egyptian's defense.

"Yugi's right!" Tea added.  "What could Marik possibly do there anyway?  It's not like he still has the Millennium Rod, right?"

…

"I know that it's hard, but you were doing so well!" Serenity explained to Joey outside of the store.  "You know that Kaiba's doing this just to get you!"

"But not doing anythin's not gonna get him to stop!  It'll just keep on goin' until someone shuts Rich Boy's mouth!" Joey cracks his knuckles. "Permanently!"

Serenity sighed, "Sometimes I wonder how you didn't managed to wind up in Juvi…"

"You try livin' with Pop fer six years and see if you don't get any frustration built up inside ya!" He snapped back, much to Serenity's shock!

"Joey what is your problem!" She asked, almost in a fearful and pleading tone.

Joey sighed.  "It's just I am sick and tired of being everyone's whipping boy!   I mean I feel like I'm bein' pushed back into a corner up a creek without a paddle!  And instead of fightin' back, you just want me to just take it!"

"Violence is not the answer Joey!  It just only makes things worse!" Serenity stated.  Now she was becoming angry.

"Easy for you to say!  At least you had people who actually gave a s-"

"JOEY!"

The blonde gritted his teeth, "At least you had people who actually cared about you growin' up!  I basically had to learn everything about the world by myself!  Ma didn't care obviously!  And Pop would rather make me his personal punchin' bag instead of raisin' me!"  He looked at Serenity.  "You were the only real family I had!"

"Mama's there now, too!" She reminded him.

"I'm sorry but when someone intentionally leaves you in horrible living conditions, it is pretty hard to give them your trust!" Joey sighed, "Look, I'm gonna go home and try to release some tension in the calmest matter before I end up doing something I'll regret."

Serenity sighed, "Okay Joey…"

He noticed his sister's hurt expression. "Hey, that doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying to control my temper.  I know how much it really means to ya, and that'll just motivate me more!"

A small smile formed onto the girl's face.  "Thanks Joey.  I know that it'll be tough, but it'll be worth it in the long run!"

"Yeah…just don't try to go overboard with it, a'right?"

"I think that's more in your department." The young girl giggled as she watched her brother walk home.  To her, it was crucial that Joey learned to control his temper, otherwise it may place him somewhere he may not want to end up.  She knew that it would definitely not be easy.  And she knew that there was one thing…or rather one person that wasn't going to make it any easier…probably make it even worse.

…

Erika blinked at the mention of Yugi's name.  "Yugi?  As in Yugi Moto? As in Duelist Kingdom and Battle City Champion Yugi Moto?"

Yugi nodded, "Yeah…but…"

The triplets went up to the duelist.  "My Yugi, you look much taller than you are in person!" Arana admired.

"Well…umm…" Yugi was flustered.  He hasn't had that much attention before, let alone from the opposite sex.  "I had a growth spurt!"

Tea gave a glare to the three Al Bhed girls, "Yugi just got himself his first three groupies…Lovely…"

Rikku noticed Tea's change of attitude, "Tea, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you were jealous?"

"She's got you there, Tea!" Tristan nodded.  "Aren't you being a bit overprotective of him?"

"I'm just looking out for his best interests. After all, I am his girlfriend!" Tea reminded.

"But it's not like they're going to abduct him, make him their love slaves or anything!" Tristan reminded, but said to himself… "Man I wish it was me with them…"

"But it's not too bad to be cautious!  Do I need to remind you about Duelist Kingdom? Battle City?"

"You're right, you're not Jealous Teyi!" Rikku said, much to Tea's relief…until.  "You're just paranoid!"

"Yeah…what?"

"You're used to Yugi only getting the attention of the opposite sex from you, now that three new girls showed up, you feel threatened.  As if you're going to lose Yugi!"

"No, it's not like that at all!" Tea insisted.

"Need I remind you the reason why you left Domino in the first place?" Rikku said with a sly grin.

"Don't remind me!  Why don't you tell your sisters…cousins, or whatever they are to you that Yugi actually has a girlfriend?"

"Hey, just because they look like me, doesn't mean we're related!" Rikku said a bit offended by Tea's remark.

Tea blinked, "I thought that they were your sisters or something by the way you were talking to them."

"Well no, I don't!  As a matter of fact, I never seen them before in my life!" Rikku explained.  "Not until now…"

'Rikku doesn't know them?  Now I definitely don't trust them…' Tea examined the girls as they continued their friendly conversation.

"So you have all three Egyptian God Cards?" Aria asked.

"That's right!  They weren't easy to get, either." Yugi explained with a sigh.  "I have them at my Grandpa's shop!  You want to see them?"

"Sure!" The three Al Bhed girls said at the same time, which shocked Tristan.

"You're kidding right?" The Brunette asked his friend.  "You know how risky it is to even talk about them?  People have been challenging you for those cards for months now!"

"I know…but look at it this way, at least they're not dueling me for them, right?  Besides, it's not like someone's spying on us right now!"

…

On the Celsius, Brother was at the bar in the cabin area, depressed.  Ever since Tea left, Brother hasn't been the same.  Rikku wasn't much help as she hardly showed him compassion for the lost of his "Dancing Goddess."  "Like you had a chance with her anyway," she said.  Without her being there to get on his back about hitting on Yuna or Tea, Brother was somewhat relieved, but still unhappy.

He didn't notice Paine getting back with the Gullwings.  He didn't even notice Yuna deciding not to duel again until she found him!  The same "him" he had met long ago back on his father's airship.  The same "him" whom he was jealous and wanted to strangle for stealing "his Yuna."

He didn't bothered to talk to anyone about his problem.  In fact, he didn't even bothered to talk at all, not even to Buddy, his longtime friend.  If there was anyone who he'd even say a word to, it was the former Summoner herself.  But when asked what was wrong, he told her to not worry about it.  But even she was beginning to see through his emotional mask.

There were times that Brother considered going to Domino to see Tea.  But he decided against it.  Seeing Tea would mean having to deal with Rikku, and he had zero intentions of seeing her.

He then heard a drop of a card on his right as he then looked at it.  "Fryd ec drec? (What is this?)"

"Just read it?  It might cheer you up!" Yuna said with a cheery smile.

He sighed as he picked up the card and proceeded to read it, "E tuipd ed… (I doubt it…)" Much to his shock, his eyes went wide.  "Ed'c…Ed'c… (It's…It's…)"

"That's right!  Pegasus's tournament is right around the corner!" Yuna informed, as Brother laughed with joy, which made her happy.  She was beginning to worry about him, as he's been more quiet than usual.  She already knew why!  He was in love with her!  From the day she joined the Gullwings Yuna knew that Brother fell in love with her, as he was the first person to be ready and willing to come to her rescue when needed.  However, she knew that they would never be together, as her heart was, has, and will always belong to him.  She would always and only love Tidus…even though that he was gone. No, he couldn't be gone!  He was still here!  He was still in Spira.  But where, what the question!  No matter what happened, her heart would always belong to Tidus. 

Brother appeared to be finally realizing it, which resulting into his heartbreak.  But it wasn't with Yuna.  It was with Tea.  Brother had also fallen in love with her during her time here.  Again, he realized that Tea truly loved Yugi!  He was beginning to wonder if he was ever going to find love where the person of his desire felt the same way about him.  That wasn't healthy at all, and Yuna hoped that the upcoming Duel Monsters tournament would cheer him up a bit.

Brother's excitement for the upcoming tournament was put on hold when he looked at Yuna.  Wasn't she entering into the tournament as well?  "Yuna, what about you?  Aren't you entering?"

Yuna shook her head.  "Sorry.  But I'm going to continue my search for him…" She said.  "Until then, I will never duel again!"

"Fryd!? (What!?) But…but why?" The Al Bhed asked his cousin and love.

"Because…I can't be distracted from what I was set out to do!" She said.  "Since becoming a Sphere Hunter, I've found a few spheres which hinted that he was still alive.  But lately, I've been negligent of my quest."

Brother sighed, but blinked.  "But still, that doesn't mean that you can't have some fun for yourself!"

Yuna gave a small smile. "I know what you're trying to do Brother, and I appreciate it.  But he could be lost somewhere!  All alone without any idea how to save himself." She sighed as she looked down.  "That's why until I either find him dead or alive…I will never duel again."

Brother sighed as he then narrowed his eyes.  Yuna has given so much to everyone.  From helping Tobli with his shows, to digging up Machina for other Al Bhed, Yuna had done everything for everyone…excluding herself.  When she was dueling, Yuna was really enjoyed herself.  That brought his thoughts to Kaiba.  How he belittled hers, and practically everyone in Spira's faith and beliefs.  The thought of the CEO just made him angry, and he still wanted to beat the living hell out of him.  But he had learned that he was a part of a long list of people who wanted a piece of Seto Kaiba's hide.  But back to Yuna, she was basically bounded by the quest to find and reunite with that Zanarkand native.  That made him even angrier.  It was right then when he made a vow:  If and when he saw the blonde haired twerp, he would walk up to him and beat the hell out of his Zanarkand ass for all the hell that he's put Yuna through.

Tea, Tristan, and the newly registered Yugi and Rikku were heading to the game shop along with their three new friends, who have wanted to see the Egyptian God Cards.

"So you hang around at your Grandfather's game shop?"  Erika asked Yugi as she stretched out her arms.

"Yeah.  Basically, I live there!"

"So, you spend all your time there?" Arana smirked.

"Seriously, I live there!  My house is at the game shop.  The bedrooms are upstairs!" Yugi explained.

"Wow…"

"You're easily impressed…" Tea mumbled.

"Tea…" Tristan warned.

"It's not exactly a big deal that Yugi just happens to live at a game shop!" Tea reminded.  "Lots of people's homes also serve as a place of business."

"Teyi…you're jealous." Rikku simply said.

"Am not!" The inspiring dancer protested.

"Are too!" The thief declared.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Okay, now you're acting like children!" Tristan said.

"Tristan, could you please tell this girl that I am not jealous of the Al Bhed Charlie's Angels over there!" Tea said annoyed.

"Or better yet, tell this girl that she's in denial!" Rikku said in the exact same tone.

Tristan sighed, "Look, we're almost at the game shop.  I hope that you two will leave the argument outside!"

The gang was near the game shop, but Yugi stopped as eyes went wide, much to everyone's shock.

"What's wrong Yugi?" Tea and the Al Bhed Triplets asked at the same time, much to Tea's chagrin.  But the only answer they got was Yugi running towards the open door of the game shop.  Wait a minute, why was the door open?

The others rushed into the game shop as they saw Yugi kneeling on the ground, checking on the fallen form of his grandfather.

"Grandpa…Are you okay?  Who did this?" Yugi desperately asked.  "Grandpa!?"

Solomon was barely conscious...  "…They …They're…" He tried to speak.

"They're?  They're what?" Yugi asked, a hint of fear in his voice.

"They're gone…"

"What's gone…?"

So the God Cards are stolen again.  What will Yugi and Co do?  And if/when Tidus reunites with Yuna, what will he do when he encounters one PO'ed Al Bhed? Y'all know the drill.  R&R.

Preview for Next Chapter

"This is our contribution to Sin's revival." The Tomb Robber smiled. "You're gonna need souls, and what better way to obtain them then through a shadow game!"

"Shadow Game?"

"Normally in the Shadow Game, whoever loses would have to spend eternity wandering the Shadows.  But with this card, "The Eye of Horus," the souls will be designated to a new location: Under the Farplane, namely Sin's revival place.

Tidus blinked.  "They really are going to revive Sin!"

Chapter 5: An Outcast's Sympathy!  The Eye Of Horus!