Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ A New Path ❯ Celebrations, Humiliations, and Departures! Goodbye…and hello! ( Chapter 18 )

Here comes the last and one of the longer chapters in this story. Also, don't expect me to start the sequel anytime soon. Aside from preparing for college and my Wrestling E-Fed starting up again, I gotta update my other stories, particularly "A Different Beat." Hey, a guy's gotta finish what he started, or at least put into an equal amount of time in his other stories. I'll give you the title and the summary at the end of this final chapter.

PROTOTYPE Uber Rei Model 00 - Well I'm glad you're happy.

Lady D 10290 - On what Yuna will have Kaiba do…yes Rikku's involved, but how? Find out!

Magicman/Smokegirl - Very true about the taste of humble pie! But it's not over yet! There's still Kaiba's part of the bet that he has to fulfill.

YO! - I now realize that they're called daggers. Thanks for pointing that out. In the game, some weapons look so odd that it's nearly impossible to tell.

Mel Meiko Mei Ling - I basically gave Yuna a deck filled with mostly Light and Dark attribute monsters, and a few handy trap card.

Lita Maxwell - Glad that you liked the outcome of the duel.

am_pris - Thanks. Yeah, I know the duel parts were a bit boring, but they do serve a purpose. In the sequel, the dueling may have more of a role then it did in this story, after all the sequel's a tournament.

Ms. Aninga - Thank you! And as for the sequel, it'll be called Spira's tournament. Basically Pegasus holds a Duel Monsters tournament in both Spira and Domino, but that's not the only thing that'll happen.

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'This can't be possible…' Kaiba thought as he looked down to the ground. How could he, a master duelist, lose to Yuna: An Amateur duelist like everyone else in Spira, who also believe in what he believes is fairytales and nonsense. Did he underestimate her, or was he losing his edge? After all, at Battle City he had lost to Yugi and barely beaten Joey. If he hadn't had used that trap card which took his Blue Eyes White Dragon out from play during the effect of Joey's Time Wizard, it would've been his second lost in Battle City. And now he lost to someone who was even a bigger novice than Joey, despite her being smarter than him, but as far as Kaiba is concerned, who wasn't smarter than Joey Wheeler?

"Yuna!" Rikku and Tea both called out as they went over to congratulate her.

"That was Awesome Yunie!" Rikku said. "I mean you had Blue Eyes Ultimate Toon Dragon cream him! Man, Setty should've seen the look on his face when he gave him that Neutron Blast in the face! His expression was priceless."

"I've recorded the duel on this sphere so we can all see it again!" Shinra informed.

"Awesome!" Tristan smiled, as well as Joey.

"The odds were against you and you pulled through." Yugi stated. "I'm proud of you."

"I couldn't have done it without you! All of you!" Yuna reminded as she then took the three Blue Eyes Toon Dragons and Toon World from her deck, and Blue Eyes Ultimate Toon Dragon from her fusion deck. "Here are your cards!"

"Thanks!" Rikku grabbed the cards as she then gave each of them a kiss.

"I loved how the Toon Dragon punked Kaiba out!" Joey chuckled.

"Poor Kaiba…" Serenity said, being one of the few people to actually show sympathy for Kaiba, who, if you took away the Toon Element, basically got beaten by his own monster.

"It must be tough to be defeated by your favorite monster." Bakura added.

"I know I'd feel a bit down if I was defeated by a Dark Magician…" Yugi admitted.

"Who cares, Yuna's victorious!" Brother cheered. "Party on the Celsius!"

"There shouldn't be any partying!" Kaiba seethed. "I just lost to an amateur!"

"Get over it"

"Crid ib! (Shut up!)" Kaiba glared at Brother.

"Hmph, cuna mucan… (Hmph, sore loser…)"

"YOU WOULDN'T LAST FIVE TURNS…" Kaiba stopped as he thought about what he said. "MAKE THAT THREE TURNS AGAINST ME!"

"Is that so?"

"Should we get them before they tear each other apart?" Tea asked.

Rikku looked at Mokuba. "Mokie?"

"Yes?" He responded.

"How about you take care of your brother, and I take care of mine?" She suggested with a grin.

Mokuba gave a sly smile. "Sure…"

"Alright!" Rikku smiled as the two now walked over towards their respective siblings, who were arguing in Al Bhed.

"Mucan! (Loser!)"

"Sammuh Rayt! (Mellon Head!)"

"Uha-Lammat unkyhecs! (One-celled organism!)"

"Pycdynt! (Bastard!)

"Hayhtandrym! (Neanderthal!)"

"Jyhemmy! (Vanilla!)"

"Vanilla!?" Kaiba scoffed, as if your insults couldn't get anymore pathetic!

"Vanilla is a bland flavor, most commonly seen in ice cream! Simply put, it's boring, just like you!"

"Seto! Are you okay?" Mokuba asked, running up to his big brother.

"I'm fine…as long as this sand-eater knows his place." Kaiba said as he and Mokuba left the scene.

"'SAND-EATER!? WHY I OUGHTA-" Before Brother could leap, his ear was clutched as an annoyed Rikku dragged him away.

"Calm down before you humiliate yourself, will ya?"

"You heard what he just-" Brother complained, but Rikku stopped him.

"Hey, don't worry about it? We still have Kaiba's humiliation to plan out, thinks to Yunie's bet, remember?"

"But it's Yuna's decision to make!"

"But she said that she wanted to humble him!"

After a brief silence, the two siblings give each other a mischivieous smile. "Ohhh…"

"Somebody call 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not,' 'cause Rikku and Brother are getting along and just agreed on something!" Tristan smirked, as Tea gave out a worried look.

"Uh oh…" Buddy said, also knowing the Al Bhed siblings getting along.

"What's wrong?" Bakura asked, as he, Joey, Tristan, Serenity, and Yugi were confused to what was the big deal.

Shinra explained. "Whenever Rikku and Brother agree on something…bad stuff happens."

"That…can't be good!" Yuna said.

"I may not be psychic, or pretend to be, but I bet my best cards that it has somethin' to do with Kaiba." Joey suspected.

"I think your right, Joey!" Yugi nodded in agreement.

"Speaking of which, where is Mr. Roboto anyway?"

"Yeah…" Tea also noticed Kaiba's, and Mokuba's absence. "Mokuba's gone too!"

"Kaiba better not plan on weaseling out of the bet he made…" Tristan warned.

"Calm down you guys, they're right over there." Serenity pointed to the Kaiba Brothers.

"Good now let's get the bet over with!" Brother said, having overheard them as he then turned to Yuna. "Yuna, what do you have in mind?"

Yuna pondered on what Kaiba should do. She received a lot of ideas from Rikku, Brother, Tristan, and Joey! But all of them seem to be too cruel or too embarrassing. She then decided on two things and was going to let Kaiba choose.

"Kaiba, get yer ass over here right now!" Joey called, but was ignored as Kaiba was talking to Pegasus.

"You WHAT?" Kaiba snapped.

"That's right, Kaiba-Boy! I've decided to stay here and extend Industrial Illusions." Pegasus explained. "With the craze of Duel Monsters, we could hold a tournament, a Battle City-Style tournament that'll take place both in Domino and Spira. And I'm offering you a partnership!"

"Partnership!? After all that you've done to me and my family, including the creation of that damned Toon card just to humiliate me, and you have the nerve to offer me a partnership?"

"I have a feeling that a certain set of cards you have won't belong to you any longer…" Pegasus suspected. "You remember the bet you made with Lady Yuna?"

"I remember…"

"You have to do whatever she says…and that means giving up your rarest cards!"

"Hey!" Mokuba snapped at Pegasus. "You don't have any right to patronize my brother!"

"Calm down Mokuba-Boy! It's not my fault that Kaiba-Boy's in this mess. After all, he was the one who made the bet in the first place." Pegasus reminded Mokuba. "And throughout the duel he underestimated her."

Yuna walked up to the three with a smile on her face. "Kaiba, can I have a word with you?"

Kaiba sighed, "Fine… Better than hanging with Pegasus…"

The two walked over to everyone else as Yuna explained, "On the bet, I decided on what you're going to do, but you're going to have a choice: You can give up all three of your Blue Eyes and your Ultimate Dragon to Ri-"

"The hell I am!" Kaiba snapped. "Nobody's going to take my dragons away from me. Especially that hack Rikku! Wasn't the Toons enough for her?"

"Or…" Yuna went in his ear and whispered the alternative, then smiled. "So what will it be Kaiba: That, or giving Rikku your Blue Eyes."

Kaiba sighed, "Alright then…"

…

Back on the airship on the sphere, footage of Kaiba being blasted by Blue Eyes Ultimate Toon Dragon played continuously as Joey and Tristan were laughingly loudly, much to the annoyance of Tea and Shinra.

"It's not that funny…" Tea said.

"But it is! When's the last time something funny was associated with Kaiba?" Joey asked.

"Yeah! This was priceless…" Tristan grinned. "I gotta have this on my screensaver!" He then looked to Shinra. "Play it again!"

"Again!?" Shinra protested. "Haven't you had enough of it?"

"No, not yet! So play it again, Shinra!" Joey demanded.

"Are they always like this when it comes to Kaiba?" Yuna asked Yugi.

"Sadly, yes…" He replied. "I just hope that someday they'll all get along and be friends. Kaiba is just misguided right now and he has had a tough life. He needs to see us as friends instead of enemies."

Yuna nodded as Rikku, in her songstress outfit, came through the door. "Alright everyone, to the deck of the ship!" She ordered.

"So Kaiba's ready?"

"Yep, and I made sure of it!" Rikku chirped. "Setty Kaiba's going to be the most charismatic person tonight!"

"Kaiba? Charismatic?" Joey said skeptically. "This I gotta see!"

Brother ran up to Rikku. "Rikku, what's Kaiba going to be doing?"

Rikku smirked, "Let's just say that he's going to be doing some lip syncing."

"Lip Syncing?" Mokuba asked. If Rikku hadn't had made it a surprise, he would've been with Kaiba right now, possibly making things easier for him. After all, he could use some comfort right now.

As everyone was now seated on top of the Celsius, including Barkeep, Rikku was standing before them with a microphone in her hand. Joey, Tristan, and Brother were the most excited as Yugi, Yuna, Mokuba, and Bakura, just wanted this to be over with. Tea, Buddy, Serenity, and Shinra just wanted to see Kaiba do what he has to do!

"Ladies and Gentlemen…" Rikku started to announce. "Club Gullwings is proud, to some degree, to bring to you! Your favorite CEO and mine… SETO KAIBA!" She extended her arm, expecting Kaiba to come out.

"Well…where is he?" Joey asked.

"Yeah! Unless you have an invisibility gauntlet or something, Kaiba's not out here!" Tristan added.

"Umm…" Rikku looked back as she then went back inside. Even though, thanks to the door, it was muffled, everyone could hear the conversation from inside.

"Well…what are you waiting for?"

"I'm not coming out!"

"Let's go! Everyone's waiting for you! So come on! You're performing!"

"The hell I am! If you think that you can parade me around like I'm some freak show, you're lying to yourself!"

"Kaiba, don't make me change back into my 'theif' clothes and steal your deck again! I may do to your Blue Eyes the same thing you did to Yugi's Grandpa's!"

"I like to see you try it. The bottom line is this: I'm not coming out!"

"Well, I guess you don't want your three Blue Eyes or your Ulitmate Dragon… In that case I'll be glad to take them…"

"I'm not-God I hate you, Rikku!"

"I love you too, Setty!"

The Door opened as Rikku stepped back out.

"So is the show still on or what?" Tristan asked.

Rikku nodded, "As I was saying, Ladies and Gentlemen, SETO KAIBA!"

Reluctantly, Kaiba came out, wearing a Moogle suit once again, much to the enjoyment of Joey.

"Ah, so that's the Moogle suit you were wearing Kaiba!" He gave a smirk which, if he wasn't wearing the head, would've earned him a glare from Kaiba.

"You haven't seen anything yet, Joe!" Rikku gave him a smirk as suddenly, the music from "True Emotion" began to play…

"Didn't you make a recording of that song, Yuna?" Tea asked as Yuna then nodded in response.

Suddenly, due to the magic of the garmet grid, the Moogle suit began to Vanish as it left Kaiba, much to his embarrassment, in Yuna's Songstress outfit!

"Okay…that's wrong…" Buddy said, seeing Kaiba dressed up in Yuna's clothes as Joey, Tristan, and Brother began to roll on their backs, laughing manically, which caused Kaiba to seethe.

'Let's just get this over with…then I'll deal with those three later…' Kaiba thought as he then began to "sing" and dance…

What can I do for you

What can I do for you

What can I do for you

What can I do for you

I can hear you

What can I do for you

What can I do for you

What can I do for you

Far beyond the hazy borders of my heart

I can see a place

It's something like this

Every now and then I don't know what to do

Still I know that I can never go back

All the things I've seen

In those hazy dreams

Can't compare to what I'm seeing now

Everything's so different

That it brings me to my knees

And though, I know, the world of real Emotion

Has surrounded me

I won't give into it

Now, I know,

that forward Is the only way my heart

Can go

I hear your voice calling out to me

You'll never be alone

What can I do for you

What can I do for you

What can I do for you

What can I do for you

I can hear you

And if I find the real without emotion

Has surrounded me

And I can't go on

And you are there

The moment that I close my eyes

You comfort me

We are connected for all of time

I'll never be alone

And oh, I know, the world of real Emotion

Has surrounded me

I won't give into it

Now, I know,

that forward Is the only way my heart

Can go

I hear your voice calling out to me

You'll never be alone

What can I do for you

What can I do for you

What can I do for you

I can hear you

I can hear you

Kaiba ended the song in a pose as Rikku watched on with admiration. The laughing boys (Tristan, Joey, and Brother.) were still laughing, while everyone else had mix reactions. Some thought it was funny while others felt sorry for Kaiba…

Mokuba noticed the laughter. "It's not that funny guys!"

"But you gotta admit, Kaiba would make a good girl!" Joey smiled.

"Yeah, who knew that Yuna's outfit would fit?" Tristan added.

"Well I think you all went a bit too far…" Mokuba said, than began to chuckle a bit. "Even though, it was kinda funny to see Seto lip sync!"

Kaiba held his head down in shame, "What did I ever do to deserve this…" He muttered.

"Let's see: You constantly insult us, especially Joey. You tore up Yugi's Grandpa's Blue Eyes. You cheated in your second duel with Yugi. You always look to put people down." Tea counted off the reasons he was getting what he was getting with her fingers. "Need I go on?"

Kaiba deactivated the garmet grid, morphing Yuna's dress back to his black long-sleeved turtleneck and pants, and threw it back at Yuna, who managed to catch it.

"HEY!" Yuna protested. "Be careful with it!"

"Don't think I won't forget this!" Kaiba hissed as he walked to the door that led back inside of the Celsius. "We're leaving! Let's go Mokuba!"

"But Seto!" Mokuba protested. "We…"

"I SAID LET'S GO MOKUBA!" Kaiba screamed as his little brother followed. Before Kaiba waked in, he then got a look as if he was forgetting something. "Where's my coat?" He asked in a demanding tone as he then spotted a certain Thief wearing his white sleeveless trenchcoat.

"Hmm?" Rikku noted Kaiba's icy-cold glare as she looked down. "Oh heheheh…" She laughed nervously as she removed the coat and handed it to him. "Here ya go!"

Kaiba snatched it as he then placed the coat back on and headed inside with Mokuba. "If you geeks ever want to go home, now is your only opportunity! Otherwise, tough luck…"

…

"So Tea, you got all of your things?" Yugi asked as he, Bakura, Joey, Serenity, Tristan, and Tea stood on top of the deck of the Celsius!"

"Yep…" Tea nodded as she held up her bag. She was sad that she had to go, just as she was starting to get the hang of the whole Sphere Hunting thing. Plus she's made a lot of new friends. However, as much as she wanted to stay, she had to go back. After all, she still had to go to school! It was a good thing that she left on a Friday so she could make it back to school without missing a day.

"Teyi!" Rikku walked over and gave her a device which was known as the Garmet Grid. "Here, take it! It's yours!"

Tea accepted it. "Really?"

"Sure! Shinra could just make another one!" Rikku shrugged as she then poked Shinra with her elbow. "Right?"

Shinra let out a sigh, "Right…"

"We also have some Spheres!" Yuna added as she gave one to Joey and the other to Tristan. "One has the duel, and the other has Kaiba's 'performance.'

Tristan and Joey smiled like evil villains who just devised a take over the world plot. "We're gonna have a lot of fun with these!" Tristan smiled.

"Too bad we couldn't get it on DVD!" Joey smiled as Kaiba, from behind, smacked him and Tristan…hard, causing the Spheres to drop from their hands and consequently, roll off of the ship to down below. "The hell was that for, Kaiba?"

"For this whole 'Lip-Syncing' nonsense, Wheeler! I know you, Taylor, and Brother had something to do with this!" Kaiba replied coldly as Mokuba followed behind.

"Umm…about that?" Rikku explained. "It was my idea! Joey and Tristan thought that you in Yunie's songstress outfit would be sick and wrong. They were more favoring the Moogle Suit."

"You're the reason why I had to dress like a girl?"

"Well, you do have a girl's haircut…" Tristan reminded.

"Like your hair's any better, Shark Boy! I'm surprised that with-" Kaiba was interrupted by a blaze of denim running up to Tea as a whining Brother then clutched her legs.

"Please don't go my Dancing Goddess!" He begged! "We need you! I need you!"

"What a loser…" Kaiba muttered as Rikku gave a glance at Serenity.

"Like I asked before, do you want to trade brothers?" She asked embarrassed over her brother.

"Brother, I have to go! I have school I need to finish!" Tea explained which made Brother cry even more. "Okay, I promise to email you!"

"BUT WE DON'T HAVE EMAIL!" Brother bawled, much to the disdain of everyone.

"I heard of people being emotionally attached to someone, but this is ridiculous…" Joey said.

Rikku had enough as she then kicked Brother in the ribs. "Lay off her, Sicko!"

"Man up! She's not even worth crying for!" Kaiba shouted at Brother, irritated, as he was met with a glare from Tea. "What's wrong? Are you going to tell me to play nice?" He asked the brunette girl

Tea walked over, standing in front of Kaiba as she gave a grin.

"What are you smiling ab-" He then felt a platform-heeled boot hit his right shin as Tea gave an innocent smile.

"Nope!" She chirped.

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned…" Tristan said while Joey whistled a sound of a plane going downward.

Tea looked back towards Brother. "Don't worry, I'll come back someday. Okay?"

Brother sighed. "Okay…" With his head down, Brother walked back to Buddy who, out of pity, gave him a hug and patted him on the back.

"That'll do, man…" He said. "It wouldn't have worked out anyway…"

"Maybe you're right…" Brother nodded. "At least I still have Yuna…"

Apparently Rikku heard that as she walked over and pinched him in the ear. "OKAYIDONTIDONTIDONT!" He screamed in pain, fearing that he'd lose feeling in the ear.

Kaiba groaned, "Can we please leave already!?" He shouted! "The soon I leave this place, the better!"

"Fine!" They all shouted back at him, save for Mokuba, who just shook his head in pity for his older brother.

Kaiba took the transphere from his coat as he then activated it. Thus a portal opened. A smile came to Kaiba's face as this was actually the first time he got to use it. The other time it was used by Logos and Ormi. Needless to say, he was proud of himself.

"Let's go…" He ordered. "If you get left behind, too bad!"

"Fine…" Tea snapped back at Kaiba before turning towards the Gullwings. "Well…goodbye you guys!"

"Take care Tea! All of you!" Yuna said.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" Rikku said, winking at both Yugi and Tea.

"Have a safe trip!" Buddy said.

"TEA!" Brother cried which caused everyone to sigh.

"Well…thanks for having us!" Yugi said

"Your world is truly remarkable." Bakura added.

"Take care of each other!" Serenity said.

"If yer ever in Domino, look us up!" Joey offered.

"Or just come by the Turtle Gameshop!" Tristan added. "We're always there."

"You geeks practically live there…" Kaiba reminded.

"Anyway, just stop by!" Tristan finished as he and his friends stepped through the portal, save for Kaiba and Mokuba.

"Bye you guys! Mokuba said.

"Bye Mokie! And remember what I said?" Rikku reminded.

"I do! And don't worry, I'll make sure of it!"

"Make sure of what?" Kaiba said in a stern tone towards his brother. "What did you and Rikku talk about?"

"Umm…well…I'll see you in Domino Big Brother!" Mokuba rushed through the portal, leaving Kaiba the only one left to go through.

"It was okay having you around I guess…" Yuna said admitingly.

"Hmph, don't expect me to send you a postcard anytime soon…" Kaiba said as he walked towards the portal. "I have a-"

"Company to run, right?" Rikku finished for him then waved. "Bye bye Setty!"

"Look for the last time, DON'T CALL ME 'SETTY!'"

"Alright Kaiba-Boy, sheesh!"

"OR 'KAIBA-BOY!' I ALREADY HAD ENOUGH FROM PEGASUS CALLING ME THAT!" He yelled.

Rikku sighed, "Somebody need's anger management."

"Whatever…" Kaiba walked through the portal.

"I love you!" Rikku called out, much to Yuna sighing.

"Why do you like him?" Yuna asked her cousin. "I know that I'm not the one to really hate someone, but that guy's a jerk!" She said honestly.

"He may seem like it, but deep down he's a real nice guy who really shy!" Rikku said. "At least he's much better than Gippal…" Rikku then blinked, now realizing what she just said about her former love interest. "I didn't just say that out loud, did I?"

…

Three months have passed since Tea first left Domino and not that much has changed. When they came back, it was only a week left before school was out for the summer. Joey and Serenity took a trip to New York to visit relatives with their mom as Yugi worked overtime at the game shop. When he first saw his grandson, Soloman Moto was in shock at Yugi's sudden change. But after Yugi explained his fusion with the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle, things were back to "Buisness as Usual."

Tristan, meanwhile, was thinking about how to win Serenity's heart. Just because she said that she had no interests in dating him, doesn't mean that she couldn't have a change of heart. Hey, it could happen.

If anyone was the happiest out of the gang, it was Bakura. With the Millennium Ring gone, he couldn't be possessed anymore and was no longer worried about what would happen if he and Yugi were in the same room with their respected Millennium Items. Hopefully it stayed that way. Brother did throw the ring into the deeper parts of the Farplane, right? Right!?

Kaiba had a change of heart…sort of. He decided to go back to Spira, but for business purposes only! He knew that Pegasus thought that since he didn't like this place, he wouldn't do business in this "Fairytale Goldmine" as he had called it, leaving Industrial Illusions with zero competition. With the employment of a few workers, the construction of the Spira branch of Kaiba Corp was underway. Mokuba had come along too but not only to see the birth of Spira's Kaiba Corp, but hang with his new friend Rikku! When asked about the young CEO, he told her that he was "doing good!"

And what about Tea?

She didn't feel threatened by Serenity anymore. In fact, they're planning a sleep over at Tea's house. No way were they going to go over Serenity's place with Joey around. They needed some place private so they could have some serious girl-talk. Tea did thought about the Gullwings and Spira. She thought about the girl talks Yuna and Rikku had with her. She wanted to get to know Paine, but she was always secretive and hardly around. She thought about Shinra's inventions, his inventions going haywire, then him saying "I'm just a kid" as an excuse. She even missed Brother "worshiping" her, and especially Rikku's actions over her brother's behavior. Then Buddy saying to him "Let it go, she's not interested!" As much as she didn't want to hurt his feelings, she didn't had the same feelings for him as he had for her. She saw him as a friend and nothing more. Besides, she already had a love interest…

Speaking of Yugi, they plan on going out on their first date, after years of hiding it from each other, they finally admitted their feelings. Instead of the cheers and happiness for them they expected from their friends, they got "It's about time," then came the cheers and happiness for them.

Now, the gang has good news and bad news. The Bad news: School was starting again. The Good news: The gang were now Juniors!

"So, let me get this straight: You were with Serenity without me around and you couldn't even get her to go out with you?" Duke Devlin said to Tristan as they were seated in desks at their homeroom. "I thought you were pathetic, but seriously!"

"She would've turned you down too, Devlin!" Tristan retorted.

"Why don't we let her decide?" Duke smirked. "She's now a freshmen so we can just ask her."

"Why don't you just lay off the poor girl?"

"Why don't ya both stop talking about my sista?" A familiar Brooklyn-accented voice interrupted the two's argument. "She's not interested in either of ya!"

"And how would you know, Joey?" Duke asked, offended.

"Yeah Joey? Do you know something we don't?" Tristan added.

"She likes someone else." Joey simply said.

"Who?" Both boys asked the blonde.

"I'll tell ya this, he doesn't go to our school! As a matter of fact, he doesn't even live in Domino!"

"He doesn't?"

"Nope…"

"Who do we know who doesn't live in Domino who she has a crush-" Tristan blinked as it hit him. "…You're kidding me, right?"

"What Tristan?" Duke asked. Since he didn't go with them to Spira, he was pretty much left in the dark.

"She couldn't possibly have a crush on-"

"There you three are!" Tea said as she, Yugi, and Bakura walked in. "We've been looking for you!"

"I was just telling the Romeos over here the bad news." Joey explained.

"How do you know anyway Joey?" Duke asked. "After all, you could just be saying that to get us to leave Serenity alone!"

"I don't need to do anything to get you to leave Serenity alone." Joey informed. "She can handle it herself."

"If you three stooges are done arguing over trivial matters such as that crybaby freshman, I have work that needs to be done." Kaiba said coldly as he walked to a desk in the back row.

"So how's business in Spira Kaiba?" Joey asked.

"Did you finished the construction of Kaiba Corp?" Bakura asked.

"If you must know, not only is Kaiba Corp up in running in Spira. But a gateway between Domino and Spira has been made. As for the money exchange goes, I've set up a successful system." Kaiba smirked, but he wondered why he was telling them of all people. Was it because to show off his superior skills as a businessman, or was it a friendly gesture towards the gang who he referred to as "The Geeks." "I like to see Pegasus top that!"

The bell began to ring as everyone took their seats. Suddenly the teacher, a young woman in her late twenties, walked into the classroom with a clipboard.

"Okay class! Before we begin to take attendance, I like to make an announcement." She began. "As you all know, Domino High has taken part of the Student Exchange program! And in this homeroom we have two students that decided to take a part in housing our guests: Ryou Bakura and Seto Kaiba.

While everyone would expect Bakura to be kind enough to do so, everyone was in shock to learn that Kaiba has a part in it.

"Mokuba put me up to it…" Kaiba said as he glared at everyone.

"Oh come on Kaiba, this will be fun!" Bakura stated.

"As if I couldn't stand to be around these idiots at school, I'll have to hang around with one, let alone one who's not even from this country!"

"Well Mr. Kaiba, it's too late to get out of it." The teacher read off the list. "Okay Mr. Bakura, your guest will be…From Egypt, Marik Ishtar!"

"MARIK!?" Yugi, Kaiba, Joey, Tristan, Tea, and Duke exclaimed as the Blonde Egyptian walked in ignoring the worried glances from the class, especially from Yugi and co.

"Please take a seat next to Mr. Bakura." She asked as Marik sat next to Bakura, apparently he was between him and Yugi.

"Hello Yugi!" Marik greeted. "You look different from the last time I saw you."

"It's a long story…" Yugi said as Joey and Tea were whispering to each other.

"Can we trust him Tea? This is the same guy who took control of our minds." Joey reminded.

"Yeah, but he's changed from what I've heard. People make mistakes. After all you weren't exactly the nicest guy at one time." Tea reminded Joey of his former self.

"At least I never tried to kill anyone or manipulate anyone."

"Mr. Wheeler and Miss Gardner, do the two of you need detention?" The teacher asked them.

"We're sorry…" They both said in unison.

"Good. Now where were we? Oh yes! Mr Kaiba, now it's time for you to meet the student who'll be staying with you!"

"Just tell me his name…" Kaiba said, wanting to get it over with.

"Actually, your guest is a girl!" She informed him.

"Oooooooooh!" Some of the other students were smirking at Kaiba as they started a chant in a singsong voice. "Kaiba got a girlfriend, Kaiba's got a girlfriend…"

"QUIET!" Kaiba snapped as he began to glare at everyone.

"Anyway, she's not from around here."

"Where's 'not from around here?'" Kaiba asked. "Is it in Spain? Germany? France? India?"

"Nope…she's not even from this world!" She said, which caused a few smiles to form on the faces of Tea, Joey, and Tristan.

"So she's an alien?" Kaiba said sarcastically.

"No, but let's just say that your invention is making this all possible." She explained it to him.

"What do you mean 'my invention is making this all possible?' What does that have to d-" Kaiba stopped as he then thought. 'She couldn't be talking about that Transphere gate that I recently just installed? It was just a few months ago?'

"Yes Mr. Kaiba. Thank to your new Transphere Gate!"

Yugi blinked, "Doesn't that lead to…"

"It's about to hit the fan…" Joey said in a teasing voice. Obviously having a feeling on who Kaiba's guest was going to be.

'No it can't be…' Kaiba was now certain on who the foreign exchange student was, the student that was going to be staying with him for the rest of the school year. "Please no. Please no. Please no. Please no."

"She's not like anyone in this school, or in this city for that matter, has ever seen." The teacher continues as Duke began to notice Kaiba's faint expression.

"Guys, what's with Kaiba?" Duke asked.

"Just wait and see, man!" Joey smirked as Kaiba began to sweat.

'Anyone but her…Anyone but her…' Kaiba thought repeatedly. 'If there's any justice in this world it will be anyone but her!'

"Your guest for the school year is…"

"Here it comes…" Joey smiled, rubbing his hands together.

Kaiba's eyes were closed at this point. But as he opened them, he saw her. She was wearing the girl's Domino High School uniform. She had Green eyes with faint swirls in the irises. Long Blonde Hair with a few strands braided held up by a Blue Headband. And that smile. That damned cheery smile. The only thing in Kaiba mind right now was this: 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!'

"SETTY!" Rikku cried as she ran to hug the shocked (and petrified) CEO! Maybe she was a bit too excited as when she grabbed him in a hug, she and Kaiba fell back as the chair was knocked down.

"She's heeere!" Tristan and Joey said in a sing-song voice.

"Would you mind filling me in?" Marik asked Yugi.

"Ditto!" Duke added.

"Long story short: Rikku has a crush on Kaiba." Joey explained. "The reason why's beyond me..."

"This can't be happening…" Kaiba muttered as he was being hugged by the young Al Bhed girl.

"Oh Setty, we're gonna have so much fun!" She said. "It's gonna be you, me, and Mokie! It'll be one helluva year!"

"Wow Kaiba! You sure have your way with the ladies!" Duke smirked.

"Oh go shove a dice up your ass Devlin!" Kaiba glared.

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And that, my friends, is the end of "A New Path!" It's been one helluva ride. And now it's all come to an end. But fret not there will be a sequel for this. When it'll begin, I don't know. But if I get motivated enough, I might start as early as next month. Anyway, here's the sequel's title and preview:

Spira's Tournament

Summary: For the school year, Kaiba's unfortunately stuck with Rikku as his guest, but will he have a change of heart for the Blonde Al Bhed Girl? Also, Pegasus is planning on starting a new tournament that'll take place in both Domino and Spira. However, the evil Yamis are back, but so is a certain Maester. But don't worry, help is on the way! Who? You'll have to find out!