Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ A New Path ❯ Reunion Part 1: The Arrivals ( Chapter 8 )

1) I might add some fake cards (If the real show can do it, why can't I?) in future chapters. I'm still deciding if I should or not, but if I do, the cards might be Spira-Based. (EX: Fiends might be used as Monster Cards)

2) The rules I'm going to be using for duels are not the ones in seen in the Battle City or Duelist Kingdom, but the official Card Game rules, so yeah they'll start with 8000 life points. The reason why is because I've been playing too much of Yu-gi-oh Dawn of Destiny, which is also why I'm using the decks they have in the game as well (So yes, in this Story Joey has Summoned Skull and Meteor Dragon,) But some cards will also be added which wasn't in the game. (Why Kaiba didn't have his Lord of Dragons/Flute of Summoning Dragons combo or his Crush Card in the game is beyond me.)

I also managed to edit some of the earlier chapters a bit, and found some things that made me think "The Hell?" (Note to self: Never do any stories when you're about to fall asleep)

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or Final Fantasy X-2

~*~*~*~*~*~*~ = Flashbacks/Dreams

Kaiba's eyes went wide after seeing what he saw. To say that he couldn't believe what he was seeing would be an understatement. "No…no way! This can't be…"

"It's scary, isn't it Seto?" Mokuba replied at his brother's shock. "I mean, how did this happen?"

"How could they be here, of all places?" Kaiba asked as he looked at two images which looked all too familiar. One of them was a fairly-built man who appeared to be in his forties. He had black hair with a bit of grey on the sides, as well as a mustache. Save for the red suit. The other one was a teal-haired boy who appeared to be 10 years of age, wearing white shorts and a white long-sleeved dress shirt.

"How did Gozaburo and Noah escaped the Virtual World? We both saw it be destroyed, Mokuba. It doesn't make any sense!" Kaiba tried to find a logical explanation, but it all went in vain. It was right before the Virtual World was destroyed, as they and Yugi were rushing back to the blimp. They almost didn't make it, but they managed to escape it just before it exploded into nothingness.

"I don't know…it's not as if ghosts could travel through different dimensions…right?" Mokuba asked, showing hints of fear.

"If this is some sick idea of a joke, they need to find a new hobby…" Kaiba said coldly, as then two more figures appeared, much to his horror. "No…"

"What is it, Seto?" Mokuba looked on as he then saw the figures. One of them was a young woman with blue eyes and long black hair, wearing a teal dress. The other one was a tall young man who looked like Kaiba, but had a goatee, dressed in a black suit, and in place of Kaiba's blue eyes were brown ones. "Seto…? Who are they?" He asked his brother. If Kaiba wasn't in shock before, he was now.

"It can't be…" He said silently, so silent that Mokuba couldn't hear him as a small tear formed in his eye. "…m-mother…father…?"

"Teyi, hurry up!" Rikku stood right outside of the door in the cabin area, her patience slowly decreasing. She wasn't wearing her thief duds today, as she managed to "borrow" a few clothes from Tea. Yellow tube Top which its length went down to the middle of her abdomen, Red Hotpants with a white string laced in the front and tied together, Black thigh-high stockings and red platform sandals. Her usual blue headband was absent as her blonde hair which its length, when let down from its ponytail, reached down to her lower back as only a side portion was braided in a ponytail. "How long are you going take."

"Hold your horses!" Was Tea's reply from the cabin, slightly muffled by the steel sliding door.

"How can you take so long? It's all in the activation of the Grid." Rikku replied. She was finally going to overcome another fear: The Farplane. In the past, she didn't want her memories to be exposed as going to the Farplane was not really seeing the dead, but the pyroflies just react to the people's thoughts of their lost love ones and projects their images. The mechanical door soon slid open as Rikku sighed. "Finally…"

Tea stepped out, wearing her "Thief" outfit. She was still a bit shy about wearing it, but not to hurt Rikku's feelings, she decided to wear it at least once. Maybe she'd wear it more often. After all, she might enjoy it.

Tea glanced at Rikku. "Are those my clothes you're wearing?" She asked

"Yeah." Rikku did a fashionable pose. "What'd ya think? Is it me? Or is it me?"

"It looks nice, Rikku." Tea complemented. "But next time, could you ask if you want to borrow my clothes?"

"Okay…" Rikku sighed, now she felt guilty.

"Now come on. How long is it before we reach Guadosalam, anyway?" Tea asked as she walked towards the elevator which would lead them to the bridge.

"Well…to be honest…." Rikku tried to explain, but it was too late, as they had already arrived on the bridge.

"Rikku, the Commsphere at the Farplane is connecting." Shinra informed which caused Tea to suspiciously look at her.

"Eheheh…" Rikku laughed nervously.

"Rikku…"

"Oh come on, like you're not curious to see how the Commspheres work." Rikku pouted.

Tea sighed, knowing that Rikku was right. After all, she was intrigued by their Commsphere network. They could see all around Spira, watching everything that went on. Besides, it could be put to use for finding blackmail to use against certain stuck-up snobs.

Speaking of "stuck-up snobs," Tea's eyes went wide at what, or who she just saw.

"Seto…who are they?" Mokuba asked as he pointed to the couple. He noticed that his brother was still in shock. "Seto? Hello, earth to Seto!"

"It can't be!" Tea said in shock. "Kaiba!? And Mokuba?"

"You know them?" Shinra asked.

"You could say that…" Tea responded as she then noticed the four figures, the two in front of Mokuba she recognized. She remembered Noah. He was the one who trapped her, them, and her friends into the Virtual World out of hatred for Kaiba, but in the end he was just a misunderstood and confused child. She then glared at the figure which resembled Gozaburo, the man responsible for Kaiba, Mokuba, and Noah's pain. Plus he was consequently the reason why Seto Kaiba's the cold, arrogant, heartless person he was today. Not to mention that he planned to digitize the entire world and to feed on his ego. The two who were in front of Kaiba she could not. Whoever they were, they were freaking him out to a point where Mokuba's really concerned.

As Tea and the others watched on through the Commsphere, Kaiba sighed.

"Mokuba…it's time you've learned the truth, about our parents…" He said.

"Our parents? What do you mean, Big Brother?" Mokuba replied.

"You remember when…no you were too young to remember…"

"Remember what?"

Kaiba sighed, "I suppose that you don't remember what our parents looked like…" He placed a hand on his little brother's shoulder as he then pointed to the images. "You see those two people in front of us?"

"Yes…" Mokuba nodded as he saw the couple.

"They…were our real parents…" He explained. "You were too young to remember it, but after you were born, our mother died. Then years later, our father died in a car crash. That's when we were placed into an orphanage."

Mokuba's eyes went wide, as tears began to form in his eyes. His brother had always told him, on rare occasions about their parents. Kaiba, believing that they should put the past behind them, never wanted to talk about their lost parents, but sometimes the guilt that he to some extent got to know their parents while Mokuba was too young to even remember them. Pictures were out of the question as they didn't even have those. The only thing they could remember about their past was the Duel Monster Card-shaped locket which contained a part of the picture of each other. Each of them had a part of the picture which contained the other.

'Poor Kaiba…' Tea thought. It was bad enough that Kaiba's parents died when he was at a young age and was consequently sent to an orphanage, but Mokuba had it worse, since he never really got to know his mother.

Rikku was almost to tears. She could relate to what Mokuba was feeling, seeing that she never really got to know her Mother as well. The only biological family she had was Brother and her father, Cid. (A/N: I don't have any idea if Rikku's mom shows up in Final Fantasy X/X-2. I'm just winging it here.)

"Seto…" Mokuba asked, his voice cracked a bit. "Why did Mom and Dad have to die?"

"I don't know, Mokuba…" He replied. "Sometimes, I wonder… What if our mother had not had died after you were born? What if our father hadn't had died that day…" Kaiba was beginning to tear up as well. "What if…" He was then aware of what was going on. "Why are we even thinking about the past anyway Mokuba? We need to focus on more important thing like finding those thugs and get back that Transphere." After those words, he stormed off. "Let's go Mokuba…"

"But Seto…I-"

"I SAID LET'S GO, MOKUBA!" He roared. In truth, Kaiba didn't really care where he went, as long as he was away from there. He walked out of the Farplane and back to the main area of Guadosalam, trying to hide his tears from Mokuba. He knew how much Mokuba looked up to him, and saw him as the great Seto Kaiba. Not knowing the meaning of the word "fear," the strongest person he knew. The last thing Kaiba wanted or needed was to have his little brother see his hero crying. This was what he always had done over the years. Whatever something had occurred which had an impact on his emotions just like this situation he always tried to shrug it off, acting as if it was no big deal. He had it engraved into his mind: He needed to be strong for both of them:

For Mokuba, and himself.

Mokuba didn't bother to listen to him, as his face said it all. 'He really misses Mom and Dad.' He looked over as the images of his deceased parents faded away. Seto had a point. What if they were still alive? Would he have become the Seto Kaiba who everyone know and, to some people, loathe? Would they have the luxury and riches they fancied today? Would Seto have smiled more often? Would Seto have been happy? As of now, he did the only thing he could do, and that was to follow his brother. As he was about to leave…

"Mokuba, wait!"

"Wha?" Mokuba looked back. 'That voice, it sounds familiar.'

"Mokuba, over here!"

'That voice…" He looked around as he then saw a blue orb-like device with a gold rim on the edge. Mokuba approached it and it was then when he smiled.

"Tea!?"

"What's going on? Are you okay?" She asked, as the others watched on.

"I'm fine." Mokuba nodded, "But I'm worried about Seto."

"I know…We saw the whole thing."

"But how? How could-" Mokuba then looked down at the Commsphere. "You mean you can see everything?"

"Everything…" Tea confirmed.

"Including Noah? And Gozuburo? And…our parents?"

Tea gave a nod. "Just hold on, we'll be right there."

"Okay, I'll go see if I-"

"Mokuba, I said LET'S GO!"

Mokuba looked back and saw an angry Seto Kaiba, arms crossed and all. After he realized that Mokuba wasn't there, he came back to the only place he knew he was at. "Mokuba, I don't know what you're thinking, but I refuse to stay here any long-" Kaiba then noticed the Commsphere. "What's this…?" He took it from Mokuba's hands as he then examined it. "What in the name of-Tea!?"

"Heheh…Hey Kaiba!" Tea nervously replied.

"Hey Teyi, you were right! He IS cute!" A different female voice said from the Commsphere.

"Rikku!"

Kaiba growled. Usually, he would take complements and be somewhat flattered, but now wasn't the time as he then began to shake the sphere. "YOU HAVE SOME NERVE! EAVESDROPPING IN A PRIVATE CONVERSATION! WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU!? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELVES!?"

"Hey, take it easy Kaiba." A third voice replied, this time of a young boy. "The Commsphere is somewhat sensitive to force."

"For him, this IS easy, Shinra." Tea mused.

'Even without those pathetic friends of her, Tea's even more annoying…' Kaiba thought as Mokuba was giggling.

'At least he's not sad anymore.' He mused as Kaiba was death-glaring the Commsphere which was in his hands.

"Oooh…Ice man!" Rikku teased.

Mokuba grabbed the Commsphere from the elder Kaiba. "I think you better pick us up now."

"We are not going anywhere with those geeks!" He replied.

"Oh come on, Seto! We don't really have a choice."

Kaiba sighed, knowing that this was just another debate with Mokuba that he couldn't win. "Oh alright then…"

"That settles it!" Tea then looked towards the front of the bridge, seeing no one. "Where is everyone?"

"Yuna's at home in Besaid, Paine's visiting old friends, and Brother and Buddy are finding new cards in Luca." Shinra briefed.

"Still looking for ways to summon Exodia…" Rikku sighed.

"Exodia!? Did you just say-"

Tea went back to the Commsphere. "We'll explain later, Kaiba." She then disconnected from the link.

"Exodia? What the hell would they know anything about him?" Kaiba wondered, then blinked as if it was now making sense: It was Tea who probably told them about Exodia. It wasn't to any surprise, as the reason why he created the Transpheres was to expand Duel Monsters from not only in the world they knew, but to others. Besides the money he'd get from universal exportation of Duel Disks, competition was becoming scarce. It's true that he couldn't beat Yugi, but at least he knew he could always beat Joey. Even if he has improved, he wouldn't give him the satisfaction of admitting it to his face. Other than those two, he didn't want to due someone like Rex Raptor or Espa Roba for the millionth time. He then began to wonder. What if Tea managed to bring Duel Monsters to Spira before he could? He then discarded the idea, not thinking that Tea was capable of bringing such game to Spira, let alone having the resources to do so.

"So how are we going to get there?" Tea asked as Rikku then jumped into the pilot's seat.

"Leave it to me!" Rikku announced proudly, "I'll get us to Guadosalam in about two shakes so sit tight and enjoy the ride, you hear?"

"Uh oh…" Shinra muttered.

"What?" Tea asked Shinra in response.

"Rikku is like a teenager driving a car for the first time. Two words: Take cover!"

"Hey!" Rikku complains at that remark. "I do know how to pilot an airship."

"Knowing how to pilot an airship is one thing, but actually doing well is another…"

"I'll show you…" Rikku then pulled back a lever as the aircraft suddenly went into jerk!

"RIKKU!"

"What?" Rikku responded innocently as she then sighed at the glares of Tea and Shinra, which you couldn't see, but you could tell it was there. "Fine, I'll put it on autopilot…"

"You say that they're trading cards where?"

"At the bar, dude! Everyone's trading Duel Monster cards right now!"

Joey couldn't help but overhear this as a smile then formed on his face. There was actually a place where they could trade cards in this new place they landed. Luckily for him, he managed to bring his deck. He rubbed his hands together, feeling that it was the perfect opportunity to beef up his deck, in hoping that it'll finally be strong enough to beat Kaiba. He was then met with slap to the head.

"Hey genius, before you dose off in your fantasy world, we need to get back to finding Tea!" Tristan reminded.

"Yeah Joey, now's not the time to be thinking about your deck." Serenity complained.

"Oh c'mon, you guys!? We've been searchin' for hours!" Joey complained to his sister and friend. "Besides, dis is da perfect chance ta take advantage of da noobs!" He grinned.

"I don't know…"

"C'mon! Dis is da perfect time to beef up our decks!" Joey decided to make a run for it, with Serenity and Tristan following. "Besides, dere's a sucka born every minute!"

"Oh Joey…" Serenity sighed.

"FRYD!? (WHAT!?)" Brother screamed out loud in the bar, as his latest attempt at trading has once again failed miserably. The bar around Luca Stadium has more or less been reduced to a Duel Monsters trading club. Almost everyone who was everyone was trading cards. If they weren't looking for specific Magic or Trap Cards, they were looking for complete sets of Monster such as the Magnet Warriors: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, or their combined form: Valkyrion The Magna Warrior.

"Sorry! I know you have some good cards they would want. But I just couldn't give up Cyber Jar? I know it's weak, but I placed my heart and soul into this deck, ya?" A man who was Brother's would-be trader walked off.

" Licac…(Curses…)" Brother growled as Buddy placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I think you need to try again another day."

"Crid ib. (Shut up.)" Brother seethed as the door then opened. In stepped a blond guy wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, along with a brunette friend, wearing a black sports jacket over a white T-shirt and jeans, and an auburn-haired girl wearing a pink vest over a white shirt and shorts.

"Okay everyone! Joey Wheeler has arrived. If ya looking for a trade, then c'mon down!" Joey shouted, much to Serenity's and Tristan's slight embarrassment.

'Must he be so loud?' He thought.

"You!" Brother walked up to Joey! "Do you have cards specifically designed to make you draw?"

"Hmm…" Joey quickly checked his deck. 'Must have a ritual deck or something…' He figured as he then smiles. "Yep, sure do! I have a Graceful Charity card currently in my deck."

"Aqlammahd!(Excellent!)" Brother exclaimed which caused him to receive a confused look from the three. "Oh…you're not Al-Bhed?"

"An Al-What?" Joey replied, even more confused.

"Forget that!" Brother shrugged it off, wanting to get back on subject. "I'll trade you…" He looked through his deck and managed to pull out three cards. "These for your Graceful Charity Magic card!"

Joey looked at the cards as he then was taken back. The cards Brother had selected were Cyber-Tech Alligator, Summoned Skull, and Buster Blader. 'Oh man…this is too easy! I can't believe he's willin' to give up these cards. Wat is he, nuts?' He sighs, "I'm sorry man. I can't let you do it."

Even Tristan was taken back from what Joey just said. He was already convinced that the reason he wanted to join into the trade was because he wanted to get better cards from the newbies. "Joey! Are you serious?"

"You have three powerful monster cards you could possibly get for a simple magic card." Serenity explained, then she realized. While it wasn't necessarily a good idea to have nothing but high-leveled monster cards in a deck, but it wasn't a good idea not to have them, much less a deck that is built around one monster.

"I just can't let 'em do it, Sis. He'll thank me later for dis."

"Come on! Please!" Brother asks again, almost at the point of begging.

"C'mon, man! What so important dat you need dat card anyway?" Joey asks, confused with Brother's actions.

"I need that card so I can increase my chances of…"

"Of what?" Tristan asked.

Buddy sighed, "You just had to ask…" He said aside to Tristan.

"Summoning…The Almighty Exodia!"

"EXODIA!?" Joey and Tristan responded, both in shock at what Brother just said.

"You mean to tell me that you have all five pieces of Exodia in your deck!?" Joey asked, both shocked and a bit skeptical.

"Exodia? What's the big deal about that card?" Serenity asked which cause Brother to slap his hand onto his forehead in frustration.

'Okay, I like her and all, but how dense can this girl get!?' Tristan thought as he rolled his eyes, refusing to believe that she could've known nothing about the Forbidden One.

"Take cover…" Buddy said aside to Joey and Tristan. "Mr. Cool's gonna make himself look like a fool."

"Sounds like you, Joey: Hotheaded and Dumb!" Tristan slyly stated to his friend, to get a stiff elbow to the ribs.

"Shut up…" He seethed.

"Fryd yna oui, hidc? Exodia'c dra sucd bufanvim suhcdan eh Duel Monster! (What are you, nuts? Exodia's the most powerful monster in Duel Monsters!)" Brother shouted in Serenity's face, only to be met with a fist to the face by Joey.

"DON'T YELL AT MY SISTA, YA JERK!" He screamed.

"Joey stop!" Serenity pleaded. "It's not a big deal, just let it go!"

"I won't have anyone disrespect you, Serenity!" He responded, as Buddy, while he and Tristan held their respective friends back from fighting with each other, couldn't help but be amused: Brother and Joey, while both have similar personalities, were a lot different when it came to little sisters. As he seen how Joey reacted when Brother shouted at Serenity he really cared about her, maybe to the point where he was overprotective. While Brother…let's just say that he'd cared more about Yuna than his sister, Rikku.

"Lemme go! Dat jerk's gonna pay!" Joey shouted to Tristan, who had him restrained. He could care less that people were beginning to stare, all he wanted to do is to make Brother pay for screaming at Serenity, let alone in a language she couldn't understand.

Nad ku! (Let go!)" Brother ordered Buddy.

"Sorry, no deal!" He replied as he tightened his hold on him.

Serenity sighed, hoping that Yugi and Bakura were having better luck than they were.

"She's not here…" Yugi said as he and Bakura came out from Luca Stadium.

"She wasn't at the docks either, so where could she be?" Bakura pondered, not really knowing what to do. "Maybe if we saw one of those Blitzball tournaments we've heard so much about it would cheer us up a bit."

"I know, but what about Joey, Tristan, and Serenity? I'm sure Joey and Tristan would enjoy seeing one of those. Maybe after we find Tea we could see one match."

Bakura nodded as he saw near a fountain, a duel between two people just ending as a Vorse Raider just took out a Flame Swordsman, as well as the remaining lifepoints of his "masters" opponent.

"Alright! Who's next!" A girl stands in triumph at her latest victory as she shuffles her cards. "Who's next to face the mighty Nhilda! How about you," She points around to various people, "Or you? Or even you, with the cool earrings!" She points to Yugi.

"Me?" Yugi replied as he then realized that he was still wearing the Putara Earrings. "Oh…" He quickly removed and placed them inside his coat pocket.

"Yeah! Do you have a Duel Disk?"

Yugi was fascinated with the duel disk the teen-aged girl was wearing: It was similar to the Duel Disk made by the Kaiba Corporation, but it had a blue orb-like structure as the base with the game board on top. "Yeah…but…" He was trying to think of an excuse to say to her. What was he supposed to say, that his Duel Disk was in Domino, a place where probably no one has heard about?

"It…got broken…" He lied, hoping that she'd buy it.

The girl known as Nhilda sighed as she flipped her blond hair, looking towards her goggled-faced friend who just happened to have a Duel Disk handy. "Ou, mat sa punnuf ouin Duel Disk! (Yo, let me borrow your Duel Disk!)"

"Fryd!? (What!?)"

"Ur lusa uh, ed'c uhmo vun uha sydlr! (Oh come on, it's only for one match!)"

He sighs, "Ugyo… (Okay…)"

"Kuut! (Good!)" Nhilda takes the duel disk and hands it over to Yugi. "Oh, what's wrong with me? I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Nhilda!"

"I'm Yugi!" Yugi introduced.

"I'm Bakura." Bakura said as he greeted the girl. "What were you saying to that gentleman over there?"

Nhilda gave them a "you got to be kidding me" look, "You mean you never heard of the Al Bhed language?"

"To be honest, not really..." Bakura admitted as Yugi nodded in agreement.

Nhilda sighed as she walked over to the bench, opening up her bag as she then pulled out a book which read "Speaking Al-Bhed for Dummies." She gave the book to Bakura. "Here ya go!"

"Thank you," Bakura smiled as he opened up the book and began to read. "Fascinating…"

"So anyway Yugi, are we going to duel or not?" She asked, wanting to get back at the task at hand.

"You got it!" Yugi nodded as he placed on the Duel Disk and switched it on.

"As I am the currently undefeated champion, I'll let you go first." Nhilda grinned as she drew five cards to form her hand.

Yugi nodded as he drew six cards. "I'll play Giant Soldier of Stone in attack mode [1300/2000], plus one card face down!" Yugi placed two cards down as a group of pyroflies gathered as it then forms the Soldier of Stone, plus a view of another card was placed in front of the monster. 'Wow…it's like I'm actually in its presence.'

Bakura also took notice of the monster's summoning. "It appears to be more real on this Duel Disk than it would on one of Kaiba's …" He said to himself.

'Why is he going with a weak monster?' Nhilda wondered as she then shrugged it off.

"I end my turn!" Yugi stated, as it was then Nhilda's turn.

'His loss…' She figured as she drew a card from her deck and smiled. "Okay then…" She placed a card down in the Monster Summoning area of her Duel Disk and another in the Spells/Traps area. "I play Axe Raider in attack mode [1700/1150], and a card face down." The Warrior-Type monster appeared onto the field, awaiting his orders as well as another card in front of it, as Nhilda played another card in the Spells/Traps area… "And to make things more interesting, I play Lightning Sword, raising its attack strength to 2500." The axe which was in Axe Raider's hands was then replaced with the Lightning Sword as Yugi watched on. Lightning Sword, when played, raises the equip monster's attack strength by 800, but also lowered the attack strength of all Aqua-Type monsters. "Now Axe Raider, destroy Yugi's Giant Soldier of Stone." The Axe Raider did as instructed as it went to turn Yugi's Giant Soldier of Stone into rubble…

"Activate Trap Card!" Yugi declared as his face down card flipped, revealing it to be Magic Cylinder, as the Giant Soldier of Stone suddenly held a large Cylinder in its hands, using it as a shield as the Sword made contact, with the cylinder absorbing all of its attack.

"What the-?" Nhilda was in shock.

"You triggered my trap, Magic Cylinder. It absorbs your monster's attack and sends it directly to your life points!" Yugi explained as a burst of energy from the cylinder fired towards Nhilda, hitting her hard as her Lifepoints began to decrease.

Yugi: 8000

Nhilda: 5500

Nhilda just gave a grin, "Yer pretty slick, but you just activated my trap card Attack and Receive."

"Oh no!" Yugi's eyes went into shock, not expecting that to happen.

"That's right! For attacking my lifepoints, you take 500 points of direct damage!" She explained as Yugi felt a slight shock as his life points decreased.

Yugi: 7500

Nhilda: 5500

"I end my turn…" Nhilda concluded.

"I now place my Giant Soldier of Stone in Defense Mode as I place one monster in defense mode!" Yugi stated. "I end my turn."

"You're pretty good, now I activate my Spell Card, Raigeki. Destroying every monster you have on the field!" Nhilda declares as she plays the said card, lighting bolts struck onto Yugi's Giant Soldier of Stone, and the facedown monster which was revealed to be Celtic Guardian, destroying them both. "Now, I sacrifice my Axe Raider to summon Ryu Kokki in attack mode!" Axe Raider vanished as it was then replaced with the Six-Star Zombie creature, Ryu Kokki. [2400/2000] "Now Ryu Kokki, attack Yugi's lifepoints Directly!" Nhilda's Ryu Kokki went for a direct attack on Yugi, which caused his life points to drop.

Yugi: 5100

Nhilda: 5500

Yugi braced himself against the attack as Nhilda ended her turn. 'Who would've thought that these duelists would be as tough, if not tougher than those at home.'

"Oh my…" Bakura watched the duel as Yugi drew a card from his deck, seeing if the card in his hand would be the right one to help him turn this duel around. As of now, it was Nhilda who was controlling this duel as Yugi had no monsters on the field …

"Come on, Seto! Tea and the others should be here any minute!"

"Are you kidding, Mokuba? It's raining out there!" Kaiba complained as he watched his brother run into the rain at the place known as the Thunder Plains. Neither Kaiba brothers were worried as the collaborated towers did their job to keep the lightning from hitting would-be travelers.

"If you get sick, it's going to be your fault!" Kaiba stated.

"Oh Seto, don't worry! What's a little rain going to hurt?"

"Going to hurt!? You'll catch Ammonia and die!" Kaiba warned as then the red Airship known as the Celsius flew over them and began to land. "Well it's about time…" He muttered as the airship finished its landing sequence.

The door to the deck then opened as Tea jumped down to great the Kaiba brothers. "Hey guys!"

"Tea!" Mokuba ran up to her and gave her an emotional hug.

She hugged back, "You don't know how happy I am to see you guys."

"Same here." Mokuba giggled.

"Hmph…" Kaiba scoffed as he then grinned, after taking a look at Tea. "Nice outfit, Dork."

Tea looked down at her Thief outfit and seethed as she blushed.

"It looks nice on you, Tea." Mokuba complemented.

"You're brother's not too bad himself." Rikku said to Mokuba as she took the time to check out Kaiba, or more precisely his sleeveless trench coat. "Nice threads, especially with the coat. I mean, it gives the impression that there's a breeze blowing against ya, but it's not really there. Either it's made out of some flexible metal or that's some strong starch you put into that thing." She grinned slyly as she looked towards Tea. "Well, aren't ya going to introduce us, Teyi?"

Kaiba burst out laughing at Tea's nickname. "'Teyi?' That's rich!"

Tea glared at Kaiba. "Kaiba, Mokuba, this is Rikku. Rikku, this kid next to me is Mokuba Kaiba, and laughing boy over there is Seto Kaiba, who is 'Heartless,' 'Cold,' 'Cruel,' and therefore hopeless."

"How awfully kind of you Tea, I didn't know you cared." Kaiba replied sarcastically.

"Soo…" Rikku began to ask Kaiba, wanting to change the subject. "What's this about your parents?" The only thing her question got her was a death glare from Kaiba.

"That's none of your concern. And by the way, where do you get off setting up cameras to spy on people and their private moments?" He snapped.

"You were at the Farplane, right?"

"Yes…so what?"

"You're not really seeing the dead. The Pyroflies just take form of the images of yer lost loved ones." Rikku explained.

"Hmm…" Kaiba pondered. It was all making sense. Gozaburo and Noah both lost their bodies long ago, but their minds were then erased after the whole "Virtual World II" incident. And his mother did die when Mokuba was born as sometime later his father disappeared. Thus he and Mokuba were sent to an orphanage.

"So you mean that the Pyroflies there takes the images of the dead people in our minds and projects an image of them?" Mokuba asked.

"Yep!" Rikku comfirmed with a nod.

"Enough of this hocus-pocus nonsense. Let's go, Mokuba." Kaiba ordered as he walked towards the airship, "My coat's getting soggy."

Mokuba followed as Rikku sighed. "Is he always like this?" She asked Tea.

"Believe me, he can be a lot worse." She replied.

"I see…but he's still cute, though!" She grinned.

"Rikku…" Tea sighed as Rikku noticed that the Kaiba brothers were walking inside of the Celsius.

"Hey, wait up! You're going to fast!" Rikku shouted as she raced towards them, followed by a slightly-embarrassed Tea.

"You are so naive…" She finished as she shook her head in disappointment.

Here's the situation: Yugi's now in the losing end of the duel with an Ah Bhed girl as Kaiba and Mokuba have met up with Tea. Meanwhile, Joey and Brother are just moments away from ripping each other apart.